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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.”"
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description: "Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’s Law.”"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4712"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4712 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime", "Juveniles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holstein"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-21"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d1778f-6916-4772-a2bc-7a871493a613"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4712&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "a78b2de8a800f577e3b17cfbb930c29ddabb16666d2c25b2dfd1204db01c9c9c"
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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 HB 4712 (2026) — Increasing the criminal penalties for DUI causing death to be known as “Baylea’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=hb4712%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4712)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4712%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4712)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4712%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4712)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4712%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4712)
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5. **hb4712 s jud am _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4712%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb4712 s jud amt _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4712%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Holstein — primary (person)
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- Akers — cosponsor (person)
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- Cannon, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
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- Howell, T. — cosponsor (person)
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- Parsons — cosponsor (person)
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- Vance — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** To House Courts `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-17** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-17** Reference dispensed
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- **2026-02-17** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 129) `passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 547) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 678)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 103, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `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/64d1778f-6916-4772-a2bc-7a871493a613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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