republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/hb-4618.md

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Bill	Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services	Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	HB 4618	West Virginia HB 4618 (2018)	bill	Crime	enacted	Shott	3	39	3	2018-02-13	2018-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/ec4b4332-4e0c-429c-b587-a7ecd148173c	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4618&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	53a918d00135addfd8bf1420790a264259b4af9066e0cd06e006d50f14806f1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4618 (2018) — Relating to the authority of the Division of Protective Services

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 94–4 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 75–22 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Shott — primary (person)
• Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-13 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 By substitute, do pass
• 2018-02-20 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-20 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-21 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-22 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-22 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Passed House (Roll No. 198) passage
• 2018-02-22 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-02-23 House Message received
• 2018-02-23 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-23 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-05 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2018-03-06 On 1st reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-07 On 2nd reading
• 2018-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-08 On 3rd reading
• 2018-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-08 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 412) passage
• 2018-03-08 Senate requests House to concur
• 2018-03-09 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-09 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 491)
• 2018-03-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-10 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-15 To Governor 3/15/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-17 Chapter 112, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec4b4332-4e0c-429c-b587-a7ecd148173c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).