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Bill
Increasing criminal penalties and fines for disturbing religious worship
Increasing criminal penalties and fines for disturbing religious worship
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
SB 1026
West Virginia SB 1026 (2026)
enacted
5
41
2
2026-02-20
2026-06-25
openstates
ocd-bill/5ac7350d-f1f1-450f-9228-7509d19f282a
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1026&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 7be5fbb863de3b70553f414400178bbe9338b4610ae7236b328e09ad4f6b7502
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia SB 1026 (2026) — Increasing criminal penalties and fines for disturbing religious worship
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb1026 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb1026 hfat akers 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 97– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
Willis — primary (person)
Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
Deeds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-02-20 Filed for introduction filing2026-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-20 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-27 Committee substitute reported2026-02-27 Immediate consideration2026-02-27 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-02 On 2nd reading2026-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-03 On 3rd reading2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 303) passage2026-03-03 Ordered to House2026-03-05 House received Senate message2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction2026-03-05 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-05 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-06 Markup Discussion2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2026-03-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-14 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-14 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-14 Passed House (Roll No. 620) passage2026-03-14 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 661)2026-03-14 Communicated to House2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-06-25 Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/5ac7350d-f1f1-450f-9228-7509d19f282a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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