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Bill Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2021 HB 2888 West Virginia HB 2888 (2021)
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West Virginia HB 2888 (2021) — Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • Passage — 00 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Higginbotham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-03 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2021-03-03 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-03-03 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2021-03-03 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-03-11 Do pass
  • 2021-03-12 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2021-03-12 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2021-03-15 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2021-03-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-03-16 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2021-03-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-03-16 Passed House (Roll No. 172) passage
  • 2021-03-16 Communicated to Senate
  • 2021-03-17 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2021-03-17 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-03-30 Reported do pass committee-passage
  • 2021-03-31 On 1st reading
  • 2021-03-31 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2021-04-01 On 2nd reading
  • 2021-04-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-02 On 3rd reading
  • 2021-04-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 296) passage
  • 2021-04-02 Communicated to House
  • 2021-04-02 Completed legislative action
  • 2021-04-05 House received Senate message
  • 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-14 To Governor 4/14/21 executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
  • 2021-04-19 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 executive-signature
  • 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
  • 2021-05-20 Chapter 89, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4f5e846-50db-4bb0-9d92-051a29918495. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).