republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4138.md

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Bill	Relating to persons convicted of a crime	Relating to persons convicted of a crime	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4138	West Virginia HB 4138 (2026)	bill	Crime	enacted	Akers	9	45	4	2026-01-14	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/30be3198-eaae-4905-8edb-71554e7dd4cc	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4138&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	7ddc883ae2f8c6c911aac842a850def1cdb8178e0ef646c6ca21f3f89cfb3405	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4138 (2026) — Relating to persons convicted of a crime

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4138 hfa mcgeehan 3-12 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4138 hfat akers 1-30 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb4138 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb4138 s jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. hb4138 s jud amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Akers — primary (person)
• Pinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-14 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-22 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-28 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-01-29 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-01-29 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-30 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-01-30 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Passed House (Roll No. 35) passage
• 2026-02-02 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-03 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-10 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 394) passage
• 2026-03-10 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 597)
• 2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 598)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 687)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 Effective ninety days from passage
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30be3198-eaae-4905-8edb-71554e7dd4cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).