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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers"
description: "Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2891"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2891 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, D."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88a3ee9c-3d3a-44ed-b080-a7bbf16b3b7f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2891&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "082384c3b53da014d337f754d8df366b25c493ccfd7f180df7eaab70a7419774"
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 2891 (2021) — Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 152)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00152.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2891%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2891)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2891%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2891)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2891%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2891)
5. **HB2891 HFA HANNA AND HIGGINBOTHAM 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2891 HFA HANNA AND HIGGINBOTHAM 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2891 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2891 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2891 S JUD AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2891 S JUD AMT adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2891%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2891)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kelly, D. — primary (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, B. — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (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`
- **2021-03-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/12/21
- **2021-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 152)
- **2021-03-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Passed House (Roll No. 161) `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 473) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 647)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 205, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88a3ee9c-3d3a-44ed-b080-a7bbf16b3b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).