republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-4297.md

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

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Bill	Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act	Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	HB 4297	West Virginia HB 4297 (2024)	bill	Actions Suits and Liens Uniform Laws	enacted	Brooks	6	41	3	2024-01-10	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4297&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	699383a508922565040b3bdd33911bb23320e79ee7828f99d847ace0d97f143b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4297 (2024) — Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2024_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4297 intr.pdf)
4. hb4297 hfa kelly 2-13 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4297 s jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4297 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brooks — primary (person)
• Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
• DeVault — cosponsor (person)
• Hott — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly — cosponsor (person)
• Kirby — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Maynor — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)
• Steele — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-10 To Jails and Prisons then Judiciary
• 2024-01-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-02 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2024-02-02 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Do pass
• 2024-02-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-14 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2024-02-14 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-15 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-15 Passed House (Roll No. 187) passage
• 2024-02-15 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-20 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2024-03-06 Immediate consideration
• 2024-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-03-07 On 2nd reading
• 2024-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-07 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-03-08 On 3rd reading
• 2024-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-08 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 431) passage
• 2024-03-08 Senate requests House to concur
• 2024-03-09 House received Senate message
• 2024-03-09 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 734)
• 2024-03-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-09 House Message received
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-21 To Governor 3/21/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/24 executive-signature
• 2024-04-01 Approved by Governor 3/9/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).