republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-4998.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	Modifying penalties for third offense shoplifting	Modifying penalties for third offense shoplifting	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	HB 4998	West Virginia HB 4998 (2024)	bill	Crime	enacted	Kirby	8	40	3	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/78fa4891-106b-4c11-ac71-2a3067072455	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4998&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	c250046291cf991b38541d08aeecf22737446e4ba34e286f47891e7ba10f940b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4998 (2024) — Modifying penalties for third offense shoplifting

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
4. hb4998 hfa lewis 2-1 revised adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4998 hfat fast 2-1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4998 hfat fast 2-1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb4998 s jud am _1 2-29 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb4998 s jud amt _1 2-29 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 89–8 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 86–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kirby — primary (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
• Nestor — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-22 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-22 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Do pass
• 2024-01-31 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-01-31 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-01 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-01 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-02 Passed House (Roll No. 82) passage
• 2024-02-02 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Immediate consideration
• 2024-03-01 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-03-04 On 2nd reading
• 2024-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-03-05 On 3rd reading
• 2024-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 371) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate requests House to concur
• 2024-03-07 House received Senate message
• 2024-03-07 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 516)
• 2024-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-08 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 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor 3/26/24 executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Chapter 88, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78fa4891-106b-4c11-ac71-2a3067072455. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).