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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crimes against athletic officials"
description: "Relating to crimes against athletic officials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4999"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4999 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browning"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa825c46-807a-4bf2-a960-985217c2b127"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4999&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4e0645d3dc3a48688557f0188b1996d37d93f873c74892c726df8009c7c3e6c5"
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 4999 (2026) — Relating to crimes against athletic officials
## 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=hb4999%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4999)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4999%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4999)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4999%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4999)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4999%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4999)
5. **hb4999 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4999%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND RULE — **62–33** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Browning — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To House Courts `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Delegate Hornbuckle's request to suspend rules to be added as a co-sponsor failed (Roll No. 110)
- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 111) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment reported
- **2026-03-06** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/6/2026, com. amend pending
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 409) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** 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. 642)
- **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`
- **2026-03-30** 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 107, 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/fa825c46-807a-4bf2-a960-985217c2b127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).