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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer"
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description: "Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 2889"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2889 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Military and Veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0caf4eb-db46-40f3-9a31-db963a978fe8"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2889&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "b88ee04103e5a36f3ead6296f36b4b44492788601588cea0b5ae2b3c6091934d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 2889 (2018) — Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of probationary police officer
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2889%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2889)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2889%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2889)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2889%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2889)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Howell — primary (person)
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- Criss — cosponsor (person)
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- Ferro — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Shott — cosponsor (person)
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- Storch — cosponsor (person)
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- Ward — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-01-10** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-15** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
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- **2018-02-15** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** By substitute, do pass
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- **2018-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 214) `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-27** House Message received
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- **2018-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading
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- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 345) `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Communicated to House
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- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-06** To Governor 3/6/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-16** Chapter 213, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0caf4eb-db46-40f3-9a31-db963a978fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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