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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction"
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description: "Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2888"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2888 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Higginbotham"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-03"
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last_action: "2021-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4f5e846-50db-4bb0-9d92-051a29918495"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2888&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "fea7e3ff63923de0ad7d4c2cc1e3b02fa10590e116892ed2fd1b0b5f6479fea0"
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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 2888 (2021) — Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2888%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2888)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2888%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2888)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Higginbotham — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2021-03-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Do pass
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- **2021-03-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-16** Passed House (Roll No. 172) `passage`
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- **2021-03-16** Communicated to Senate
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- **2021-03-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading
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- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 296) `passage`
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- **2021-04-02** Communicated to House
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- **2021-04-02** Completed legislative action
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- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
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- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
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- **2021-05-20** Chapter 89, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
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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/d4f5e846-50db-4bb0-9d92-051a29918495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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