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type: "Bill"
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title: "Distracted Driving Act"
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description: "Distracted Driving Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 2218"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2218 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91248349-24fc-4177-ba1f-392190e5769d"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2218&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "91c2b004794ff11af8d2fad17129a1d35d7220a6bb4fcf2c5cd0de0140415ee5"
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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 2218 (2023) — Distracted Driving Act
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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=hb2218%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2218%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2218%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
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4. **hb2218 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2218 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **25–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Westfall — primary (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Kump — cosponsor (person)
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- Warner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-11** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-11** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** By substitute, do pass
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- **2023-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 112) `passage`
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- **2023-02-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary
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- **2023-02-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure
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- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08** T&I committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2023-03-08** Judiciary committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 451) `passage`
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- **2023-03-09** T&I committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment adopted
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- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 718)
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 323, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `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/91248349-24fc-4177-ba1f-392190e5769d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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