republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/sb-778.md

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Bill	Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders	Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	SB 778	West Virginia SB 778 (2024)	bill	Boards and Commissions Crime	enacted	Weld	3	34	2	2024-02-14	2024-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/94ba9371-0879-4cf3-b50d-b4f227e0f908	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=778&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	d98b5b752d99a7910fcd001938784d3b8ffc8002bbfa091e6ae2f85d61c82aa8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 778 (2024) — Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders

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

Votes

• PASSAGE — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Weld — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute reported
• 2024-02-21 Immediate consideration
• 2024-02-21 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-22 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (Roll No. 226) passage
• 2024-02-23 Ordered to House
• 2024-02-26 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-02-26 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Do pass
• 2024-03-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-06 Immediate consideration
• 2024-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-03-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-08 Passed House (Roll No. 684) passage
• 2024-03-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-03-08 Completed legislative action
• 2024-03-09 House Message received
• 2024-03-12 To Governor 3/12/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-09 To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-09 Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-23 Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94ba9371-0879-4cf3-b50d-b4f227e0f908. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).