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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lauren's Law"
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description: "Lauren's Law"
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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: "SB 196"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 196 (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: ["Deeds"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20dfbf7f-aa50-4882-ac34-3bf999415749"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=196&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "2a855b24e6f852e6efc9c57956dcad4989efbd3cbe0683a03ea7489ce59d1b89"
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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 SB 196 (2025) — Lauren's Law
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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=sb196%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
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5. **sb196 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **sb196 hfat akers 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20hfat%20akers%204-10%20adopted.htm)
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7. **sb196 sfa helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20sfa%20helton%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
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8. **sb196 sfat helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20sfat%20helton%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Deeds — primary (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Willis — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — 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 Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported
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- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading
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- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-03-07** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/7/2025
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- **2025-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-03-11** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Title amendment adopted
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- **2025-03-11** Ordered to House
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- **2025-03-12** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-07** House received Senate message
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- **2025-04-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
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- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 502) `passage`
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- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-04-12** House Message received
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- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549)
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- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
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- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 74, 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/20dfbf7f-aa50-4882-ac34-3bf999415749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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