republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4415.md

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Bill	Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state	Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4415	West Virginia HB 4415 (2026)	bill	Corrections Crime	enacted	Green	6	41	3	2026-01-16	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/255e12d9-d1e5-48a2-8c50-1b582b985457	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4415&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	228fa8a565d8490c746ae98274d873199cd4e2aa1fd4a499e44128a1c51d93ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4415 (2026) — Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4415 s jud am _1 3-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4415 s jud amt _1 3-8 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Green — primary (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Browning — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
• Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Hott — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Marple — cosponsor (person)
• Pinson — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 To House Homeland Security referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-21 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-27 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-01-28 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-01-28 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-29 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-01-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-01-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-01-30 Passed House (Roll No. 33) passage
• 2026-01-30 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-02 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment 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. 462) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 631)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/255e12d9-d1e5-48a2-8c50-1b582b985457. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).