republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4364.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations"
description: "Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4364"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4364 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55d76770-fab9-4770-a816-5171ebd7bd49"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4364&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5c461a8642bbd2e6aba3c1e20903818ca93b8d89c28987db77055ae3c440d3f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 4364 (2026) — Relating to concurrent juvenile jurisdiction on military installations

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4364%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4364)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4364%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4364)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4364%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4364)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4364%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4364)
5. **hb4364 hfa mcgeehan 3-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4364%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-12%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4364 s mil am _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4364%20s%20mil%20am%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4364 s mil amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4364%20s%20mil%20amt%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith, D. — primary (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Watt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** To House Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Passed House (Roll No. 26) `passage`
- **2026-01-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To Military then Judiciary
- **2026-01-30** To Military
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, as amended by Military `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 458) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 593)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 684)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 227, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55d76770-fab9-4770-a816-5171ebd7bd49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).