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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses"
description: "Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4755"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4755 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridenour"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2403b725-821e-449d-88c8-105d2c82b50c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4755&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "58a34a9f465f0702db6b2a30da4fe2a0a2372f2306ebe201359ec50b7a7eb957"
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 4755 (2026) — Adding Aggravated Vehicular Homicide to the list of qualifying offenses
## 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=hb4755%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4755)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4755%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4755)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4755%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4755)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4755%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4755)
5. **hb4755 hfat akers 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4755%20hfat%20akers%202-9%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4755 s jud amt _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4755%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **950** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **858** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ridenour — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** To House Courts `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-04** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 59) `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 488) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 688)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2403b725-821e-449d-88c8-105d2c82b50c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).