republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-4999.md

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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 exception to spousal privilege	Creating exception to spousal privilege	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	HB 4999	West Virginia HB 4999 (2024)	bill	Crime	enacted	Kirby	4	34	2	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/29ee2db6-1160-414e-ab2c-a607e80b58d5	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4999&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	2ce789cf17f7b2ef4b0f44f5e1fe0fbec46afc7509ce1695cca1c1feec6d72d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4999 (2024) — Creating exception to spousal privilege

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. hb4999 hfat fast 2-26 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kirby — primary (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
• Steele — 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
• 2024-02-21 By substitute, do pass
• 2024-02-22 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-22 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-23 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed House (Roll No. 294) passage
• 2024-02-26 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2024-02-26 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-28 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-28 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Reported do pass 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
• 2024-03-08 On 3rd reading
• 2024-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-08 Passed Senate (Roll No. 442) passage
• 2024-03-08 Communicated to House
• 2024-03-08 Completed legislative action
• 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
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29ee2db6-1160-414e-ab2c-a607e80b58d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).