---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act"
description: "The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5101"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5101 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5101&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "74bf51e1e01eb2812dd91eb010f04141a57d1a6a7c37be3d58a956ad9a4e273f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 5101 (2026) — The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
5. **hb5101 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-14%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5101 hfat akers 2-17 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfat%20akers%202-17%202%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5101 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfat%20mcgeehan%203-14%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb5101 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5101%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb5101 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5101%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
10. **hb5101 sfa garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20sfa%20garcia%20_1%203-13%20adopted.htm)
11. **hb5101 sfat garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20sfat%20garcia%20_1%203-13%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Howell, T. — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 112) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 557) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Com. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment and title amendment (Roll No. 645)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 683)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).