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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children"
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description: "Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children"
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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 4996"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4996 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-30"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9198b5e-c010-4a49-b3aa-d26e4a12616f"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4996&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "b2d08efab1721b23143407e2dce8c342f6c35eec42d017ab62bb3439ca937f4d"
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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 4996 (2026) — Relating to bail in cases involving terroristic threats to schools or children
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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=hb4996%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4996)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4996%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4996)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4996%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4996)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4996%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4996)
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5. **hb4996 hfat akers 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4996%20hfat%20akers%202-13%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb4996 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4996%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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7. **hb4996 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4996%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Martin — primary (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
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- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
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- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
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- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** To House Homeland Security `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-11** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 95) `passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** 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. 553) `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. 681)
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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 106, 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/b9198b5e-c010-4a49-b3aa-d26e4a12616f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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