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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
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description: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 4297"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4297 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Uniform Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4297&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "699383a508922565040b3bdd33911bb23320e79ee7828f99d847ace0d97f143b"
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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 4297 (2024) — Law Enforcement Officers Safety 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. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4297%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4297%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2024_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4297 intr.pdf)
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4. **hb4297 hfa kelly 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4297%20hfa%20kelly%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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5. **hb4297 s jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb4297 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks — primary (person)
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- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
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- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
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- Hott — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
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- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
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- Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-10** To Jails and Prisons then Judiciary
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- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2024-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12** Do pass
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- **2024-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-14** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2024-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 431) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 734)
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor 3/9/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `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/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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