republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-4.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	Relating to crimes against public justice	Relating to crimes against public justice	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 4	West Virginia SB 4 (2026)	bill	Public Safety	enacted	Oliverio	5	46	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2bf0c900-662e-42cb-bea0-39d12fabebe4	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	b3eef44d2024b9bd043716764fceef122dbad228f8916c5877a83057cfddb5cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 4 (2026) — Relating to crimes against public justice

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. sb4 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb4 sfa willis 3-13 _2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• HFA HORNBUCKLE 3-11 — 8–83 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE — 83–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Oliverio — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-01-26 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-28 On 2nd reading
• 2026-01-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 On 3rd reading
• 2026-01-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Passed Senate (Roll No. 17) passage
• 2026-01-19 Ordered to House
• 2026-01-30 House received Senate message
• 2026-01-30 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-30 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-11 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 409) amendment-failure
• 2026-03-11 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 411) passage
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 592)
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 691)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 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
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 96, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bf0c900-662e-42cb-bea0-39d12fabebe4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).