West Virginia SB 196 (2025) — Lauren's Law
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb196 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb196 hfat akers 4-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb196 sfa helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb196 sfat helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 98– (pass) · lower
Passage — 32– (pass) · upper
Deeds — primary (person)
Taylor — cosponsor (person)
Willis — cosponsor (person)
Woodrum — 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-committee2025-03-05 Committee substitute reported2025-03-06 On 1st reading2025-03-06 Read 1st time reading-12025-03-07 On 2nd reading2025-03-07 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/7/20252025-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-22025-03-10 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-03-11 On 3rd reading2025-03-11 Deferred until foot of 3rd reading2025-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-32025-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) passage2025-03-11 Title amendment adopted2025-03-11 Ordered to House2025-03-12 House received Senate message2025-03-12 Introduced in House introduction2025-03-12 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-03-12 To House Judiciary referral-committee2025-04-07 House received Senate message2025-04-09 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2025-04-09 Immediate consideration2025-04-09 Read 1st time reading-12025-04-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2025-04-10 Read 2nd time reading-22025-04-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk2025-04-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-04-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2025-04-11 Read 3rd time reading-32025-04-11 Passed House (Roll No. 502) passage2025-04-11 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-04-11 Communicated to Senate2025-04-12 House Message received2025-04-12 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549)2025-04-12 Communicated to House2025-04-12 Completed legislative action2025-04-21 To Governor 4/21/2025 executive-receipt2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2025-04-12 To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt2025-04-24 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 executive-signature2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal executive-signature2025-08-08 Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/20dfbf7f-aa50-4882-ac34-3bf999415749. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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