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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Updating crime of sexual extortion"
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description: "Updating crime of sexual extortion"
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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 240"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 240 (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: ["Hamilton"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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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/1b477d77-f951-4570-99d9-ad42e44f5e9c"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=240&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "1ae0699799c718518a3e1a0254e3d416cf1b374a29de2fae086fe2a6b54e48cd"
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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 240 (2025) — Updating crime of sexual extortion
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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=sb240%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
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4. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
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5. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hamilton — primary (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — 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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- **2025-02-19** Committee substitute reported
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- **2025-02-20** On 1st reading
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- **2025-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-24** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 21) `passage`
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- **2025-02-24** Ordered to House
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- **2025-02-25** House received Senate message
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- **2025-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Markup Discussion
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- **2025-03-05** Do pass
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- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 44) `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-03-14** House Message received
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- **2025-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 109)
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- **2025-03-14** Communicated to House
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- **2025-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-03-17** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** To Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-26** To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 75, 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/1b477d77-f951-4570-99d9-ad42e44f5e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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