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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse"
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description: "Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2123"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2123 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
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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: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c0838ba-5895-490f-8efb-8cf6cbe5832b"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2123&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "d41d693682add9eb0da8e4655092340e2d40425e4349552795b7c99000abf3da"
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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 2123 (2025) — Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse
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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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2123%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2123)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2123%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2123)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2123%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2123)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2123%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2123)
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5. **hb2123 hfat mcgeehan 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2123%20hfat%20mcgeehan%204-8%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb2123 s jud am _1 3-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2123%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-24%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Smith, D. — primary (person)
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- Akers — cosponsor (person)
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- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
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- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
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- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
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- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
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- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** Markup Discussion
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- **2025-02-24** By substitute, do pass
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- **2025-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 13) `passage`
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- **2025-02-27** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Immediate consideration
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- **2025-04-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-04** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-04-07** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 328) `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2025-04-09** House received Senate message
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- **2025-04-09** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 426)
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- **2025-04-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-04-10** House Message received
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- **2025-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 454)
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- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
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- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-30** Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `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/7c0838ba-5895-490f-8efb-8cf6cbe5832b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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