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Bill
Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence
Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
HB 4345
West Virginia HB 4345 (2026)
enacted
5
41
3
2026-01-15
2026-06-29
openstates
ocd-bill/c96043ae-bd02-4d8d-8300-35a2e290789a
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4345&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 42bcbd3b55e1f0e6144d8c9d928ca2877b70b08ec4c70d5f11fe0994a689bfa7
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia HB 4345 (2026) — Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence
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 hb4345 s jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE — 95– (pass) · lower
Hornby — primary (person)
Heckert — cosponsor (person)
Holstein — cosponsor (person)
Masters — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-15 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-15 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-15 Introduced in House introduction2026-01-15 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-30 To House Homeland Security referral-committee2026-01-30 Markup Discussion2026-02-02 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-03 Markup Discussion2026-02-05 By substitute, do pass2026-02-06 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-02-06 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-09 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-09 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-10 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-10 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-10 Passed House (Roll No. 64) passage2026-02-10 Communicated to Senate2026-02-11 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-11 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-11 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-11 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage2026-03-11 Immediate consideration2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-12 On 2nd reading2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 On 3rd reading2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 534) passage2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur2026-03-14 House received Senate message2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 677)2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-06-29 Chapter 92, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/c96043ae-bd02-4d8d-8300-35a2e290789a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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