West Virginia HB 4433 (2026) — Prohibiting Human Smuggling and Trafficking
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 hb4433 hfa akers 1-21 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4433 hfa kimble 1-23 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4433 s jud am _1 2-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4433 s jud amt _1 2-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb4433 sfa weld _2 2-17 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
Passage — 30– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 87– (pass) · lower
PASSAGE — 81– (pass) · lower
Ridenour — primary (person)
Akers — cosponsor (person)
Butler — cosponsor (person)
Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
Jennings — cosponsor (person)
Kimble — cosponsor (person)
Kump — cosponsor (person)
Mallow — cosponsor (person)
Martin — cosponsor (person)
Maynor — cosponsor (person)
Ward — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-16 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction2026-01-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-19 Markup Discussion2026-01-21 By substitute, do pass2026-01-22 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-01-22 Read 1st time reading-12026-01-23 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-01-23 Read 2nd time reading-22026-01-23 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-01-23 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure2026-01-23 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-01-23 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-01-23 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-01-23 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-01-26 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-01-27 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-01-27 Read 3rd time reading-32026-01-27 Passed House (Roll No. 20 ) passage2026-01-27 Communicated to Senate2026-01-28 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-01-28 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-01-28 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-11 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage2026-02-12 On 1st reading2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-13 On 2nd reading2026-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-16 On 3rd reading with right to amend2026-02-16 Laid over on 3rd reading 2/16/2026 with right to amend, com. amend pending2026-02-17 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-17 Committee Amendment Reported2026-02-17 Garcia amends to com. amendment rejected (Roll No. 108)2026-02-17 Weld amends. to com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-17 Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-17 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 109) passage2026-02-17 Senate requests House to concur2026-02-27 House received Senate message2026-02-27 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 215)2026-02-27 Communicated to Senate2026-03-06 House Message received2026-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 364)2026-03-06 Communicated to House2026-03-06 Completed legislative action2026-03-09 House received Senate message2026-03-10 To Governor 3/9/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-03-09 To Governor 3/9/26 executive-receipt2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/14/26 executive-signature2026-06-29 Chapter 191, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/64977552-db20-4f41-90e0-59423c5fc51d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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