republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5101.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act	The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5101	West Virginia HB 5101 (2026)	bill	Crime	enacted	Leavitt	11	48	3	2026-02-03	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5101&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	74bf51e1e01eb2812dd91eb010f04141a57d1a6a7c37be3d58a956ad9a4e273f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5101 (2026) — The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act

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. hb5101 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb5101 hfat akers 2-17 2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb5101 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb5101 s jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. hb5101 s jud amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
10. hb5101 sfa garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
11. hb5101 sfat garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leavitt — primary (person)
• Akers — cosponsor (person)
• Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
• Dittman — cosponsor (person)
• Drennan — cosponsor (person)
• Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
• Howell, T. — cosponsor (person)
• Kimble — cosponsor (person)
• Maynor — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Roop — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-03 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-03 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-05 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-12 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-17 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Passed House (Roll No. 112) passage
• 2026-02-17 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-17 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-18 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-18 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 557) passage
• 2026-03-13 Com. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
• 2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment and title amendment (Roll No. 645)
• 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. 683)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 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
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).