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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child"
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description: "Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 197"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 197 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f5f2674-f103-4005-a291-7c938882caee"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=197&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "bd8d9bbc0d410679b19b62b5a975ec6f30775f8f1f8226f7df1cac6f60872e17"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 197 (2026) — Relating to crime of sexual abuse by parent, guardian, custodian, or person in position of trust to child
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb197%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=197)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb197%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=197)
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3. **sb197 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb197%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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4. **sb197 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb197%20hfa%20akers%203-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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5. **sb197 hfat akers 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb197%20hfat%20akers%203-13%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Weld — primary (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
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- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** On 1st reading
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- **2026-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-26** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 254) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Ordered to House
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- **2026-03-02** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** Amended on 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 518) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** House amendment to Senate bill reported
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- **2026-03-14** Amendment to House amendment reported
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- **2026-03-14** Amendment to House amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2026-03-14** Motion to table bill adopted (voice vote)
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- **2026-03-14** Unanimous consent to remove bill from table
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- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 679)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-25** Chapter 99, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f5f2674-f103-4005-a291-7c938882caee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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