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type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states"
description: "Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 723"
citation: "West Virginia SB 723 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b73d2869-9825-4e8b-98c3-2bf84f68a649"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=723&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a44b1485daebfd1ca75d1c215651eeb28f13217ce642a18b56cde154e59e7ce1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 723 (2026) — Clarifying law-enforcement cooperation with bordering states
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb723%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=723)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb723%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=723)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb723%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=723)
4. **sb723 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb723%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb723 hfat akers 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb723%20hfat%20akers%203-11%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **900** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — 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 Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 341) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 342)
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** 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** 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. 441) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 493)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 649)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 650)
- **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`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 206, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b73d2869-9825-4e8b-98c3-2bf84f68a649`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).