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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge"
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description: "Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge"
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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 3338"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 3338 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Courts", "Juveniles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Green"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-07-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57ebb3a7-03a1-4e68-adca-37230c6d26e3"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3338&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "75694de2e94935060173116ec495d75396e40a4fc5a1ed6d47f18db05a40f811"
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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 3338 (2025) — Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge
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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=hb3338%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3338)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3338%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3338)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3338%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3338)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3338%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3338)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Green — primary (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Browning — cosponsor (person)
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- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-03-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Markup Discussion
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- **2025-03-19** By substitute, do pass
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- **2025-03-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-24** Passed House (Roll No. 176) `passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-03-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-03-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration
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- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-08** On second reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 497) `passage`
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- **2025-04-11** Communicated to House
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- **2025-04-11** 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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- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-31** Chapter 52, 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/57ebb3a7-03a1-4e68-adca-37230c6d26e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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