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type: "Bill"
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title: "Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying"
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description: "Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 2655"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2655 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Juveniles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Upson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83380b69-01b1-4229-a113-48ca8a8e2eb7"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2655&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "3f8876df44ecd9925920eef2db05f6a5d6abf0a4695faf90779937126816e017"
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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 HB 2655 (2018) — Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying
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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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2655%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2655%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2655%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **85–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Upson — primary (person)
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- Blair — cosponsor (person)
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- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
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- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sobonya — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** By substitute, do pass
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- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading, House Calendar
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- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
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- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 42) `passage`
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- **2018-02-05** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-06** House Message received
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- **2018-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
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- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 417) `passage`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 534)
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- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-10** House Message received
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-04-16** Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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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/83380b69-01b1-4229-a113-48ca8a8e2eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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