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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Business Liability Protection Act"
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description: "The Business Liability Protection Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 5232"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5232 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maynor"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-26"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c31cea1-82a4-4761-bf01-ac50682fef8c"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5232&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "2c9c2c3af6fed820363f1bda6d125bc98b8082b39a90b160a806bd8d68d397c0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 5232 (2024) — The Business Liability Protection Act
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5232%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5232)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5232%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5232)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5232%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5232)
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4. **hb5232 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5232%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
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5. **hb5232 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5232%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Maynor — primary (person)
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- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
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- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
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- Hite — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
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- Horst — cosponsor (person)
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- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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- Willis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** By substitute, do pass
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- **2024-02-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 139) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary
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- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-06** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 445) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 694)
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- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Chapter 269, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c31cea1-82a4-4761-bf01-ac50682fef8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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