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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2023 SB 121 West Virginia SB 121 (2023)
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West Virginia SB 121 (2023) — Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act

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
  4. sb121 hfa fast 3-9 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb121 hfa fast 3-9 _1 adopted.htm)

Votes

  • Passage — 320 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Azinger — primary (person)
  • Maynard — cosponsor (person)
  • Roberts — cosponsor (person)
  • Tarr — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-11 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-01-11 To Education referral-committee
  • 2023-01-11 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2023-01-11 To Education referral-committee
  • 2023-01-20 Committee substitute reported
  • 2023-01-23 On 1st reading
  • 2023-01-23 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2023-01-24 On 2nd reading
  • 2023-01-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-01-25 On 3rd reading
  • 2023-01-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-01-25 Passed Senate (Roll No. 67) passage
  • 2023-01-25 Ordered to House
  • 2023-01-26 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2023-01-26 To Education then Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2023-01-26 To House Education referral-committee
  • 2023-02-23 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
  • 2023-02-23 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2023-03-02 Do pass
  • 2023-03-03 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2023-03-03 Placed on House Calendar
  • 2023-03-08 On 1st reading, House Calendar
  • 2023-03-08 From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
  • 2023-03-08 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2023-03-09 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2023-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-03-09 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2023-03-10 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2023-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-03-10 Passed House (Roll No. 637) passage
  • 2023-03-10 Communicated to Senate
  • 2023-03-11 House Message received
  • 2023-03-11 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 576)
  • 2023-03-11 Communicated to House
  • 2023-03-11 Completed legislative action
  • 2023-03-11 House received Senate message
  • 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-16 To Governor 3/16/2023 executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-23 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 executive-signature
  • 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
  • 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
  • 2023-05-01 Chapter 175, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bc03b65-a620-44f1-a075-f6c1b238906d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).