republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2025/hb-2358.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

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	Relating to postmortem examinations	Relating to postmortem examinations	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2025	HB 2358	West Virginia HB 2358 (2025)	bill	Crime	enacted	Kelly	5	43	3	2025-02-13	2025-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/512f43d8-ef6d-4de0-8bcf-975eb5f0c3d2	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2358&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ac9033ef9cc6d95f1290298989b129bfeb8a8d6c4574223665149d66e624c3c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2358 (2025) — Relating to postmortem examinations

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. hb2358 s gov am _1 4-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. hb2358 sfat rucker _1 4-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kelly — primary (person)
• Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
• Masters — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-02-13 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2025-02-13 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2025-02-14 To House Public Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Markup Discussion
• 2025-03-06 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Markup Discussion
• 2025-03-12 Do pass
• 2025-03-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-03-14 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-03-17 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2025-03-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-03-17 Passed House (Roll No. 97) passage
• 2025-03-17 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-03-18 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2025-03-18 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2025-04-09 Immediate consideration
• 2025-04-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2025-04-10 On 2nd reading
• 2025-04-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2025-04-11 On 3rd reading
• 2025-04-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2025-04-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 474) passage
• 2025-04-11 Title amendment adopted
• 2025-04-11 Senate requests House to concur
• 2025-04-12 House received Senate message
• 2025-04-12 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 576)
• 2025-04-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2025-04-12 Completed legislative action
• 2025-04-12 House Message received
• 2025-04-15 To Governor 4/15/2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2025-04-25 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2025-07-22 Chapter 39, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/512f43d8-ef6d-4de0-8bcf-975eb5f0c3d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).