West Virginia SB 138 (2025) — Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb138 h jud am _ adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb138 h jud am _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb138 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb138 hfat akers 3-5 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 97– (pass) · lower
Passage — 32– (pass) · upper
Hamilton — primary (person)
Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
Deeds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-12 Filed for introduction filing2025-02-12 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-02-12 Introduced in Senate introduction2025-02-12 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-02-18 Committee substitute reported2025-02-19 On 1st reading2025-02-19 Read 1st time reading-12025-02-20 On 2nd reading2025-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-22025-02-21 On 3rd reading2025-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-32025-02-21 Passed Senate (Roll No. 15) passage2025-02-21 Ordered to House2025-02-24 House received Senate message2025-02-24 Introduced in House introduction2025-02-24 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-02-24 To House Judiciary referral-committee2025-03-03 Markup Discussion2025-03-06 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2025-03-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2025-03-07 Read 1st time reading-12025-03-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-22025-03-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk2025-03-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-03-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-32025-03-11 Passed House (Roll No. 50) passage2025-03-11 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-03-11 Communicated to Senate2025-03-14 House Message received2025-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 108)2025-03-14 Communicated to House2025-03-14 Completed legislative action2025-03-17 House received Senate message2025-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2025 executive-receipt2025-03-19 To Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2025-03-26 To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt2025-03-24 Approved by Governor 3/25/2025 - House Journal executive-signature2025-03-24 Approved by Governor 3/24/2025 executive-signature2025-08-08 Chapter 157, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/48b7fbf1-8f6f-47f9-a30b-2f8242124189. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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