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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing digital court records"
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description: "Authorizing digital court records"
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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 621"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 621 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-27"
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last_action: "2025-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5988d70-f937-4a17-9cdc-721478dfd03c"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=621&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "18efdd341407f7d3916e1efd41030aeae214c729a9776a36c725af35207a3ddc"
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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 621 (2025) — Authorizing digital court records
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb621%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=621)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb621%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=621)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Willis — primary (person)
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- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
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- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-17** On 1st reading
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- **2025-03-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 136) `passage`
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- **2025-03-19** Ordered to House
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- **2025-03-20** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-20** Reference dispensed
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- **2025-03-20** Immediate consideration
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- **2025-03-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-03-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-22** 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. 164) `passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-03-24** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-03-25** House Message received
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- **2025-03-26** To Governor 3/26/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-26** To Governor 3/26/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Approved by Governor 4/1/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Approved by Governor 4/1/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 70, 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/c5988d70-f937-4a17-9cdc-721478dfd03c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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