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WV SB 440

introduced

Increasing penalty for transporting telecommunication devices into jails

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2026-01-16
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-11 — On 2nd reading, House Calendar
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Deedsprimary
  • Tarrcosponsor
  • Williscosponsor
  • Woelfelcosponsor
  • Hamiltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-16

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-16

    Introduced in Senate

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-16

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-03

    Committee substitute reported

  6. 2026-02-04

    On 1st reading

  7. 2026-02-04

    Read 1st time

    reading-1

  8. 2026-02-05

    On 2nd reading

  9. 2026-02-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-06

    On 3rd reading

  11. 2026-02-06

    Laid over on 3rd reading 2/6/2026

  12. 2026-02-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  13. 2026-02-09

    Passed Senate (Roll No. 53)

    passage

  14. 2026-02-09

    Ordered to House

  15. 2026-02-10

    House received Senate message

  16. 2026-02-10

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  17. 2026-02-10

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-10

    To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-09

    Markup Discussion

  20. 2026-03-10

    Do pass

  21. 2026-03-10

    Immediate consideration

  22. 2026-03-10

    Read 1st time

    reading-1

  23. 2026-03-11

    On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  24. 2026-03-11

    Placed on House Calendar

  25. 2026-03-11

    On 2nd reading, House Calendar

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passage

    2026-02-09 · pass · 34-0

    Member-level votes (34)
    • AZINGER: yes
    • HART: yes
    • ROSE: yes
    • BARNHART: yes
    • HELTON: yes
    • RUCKER: yes
    • BARRETT: yes
    • JEFFRIES: yes
    • TAKUBO: yes
    • BARTLETT: yes
    • MARTIN: yes
    • TARR: yes
    • CHAPMAN: yes
    • MAYNARD, M: yes
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • CHARNOCK: yes
    • MAYNARD, Z: yes
    • THORNE: yes
    • CLEMENTS: yes
    • MORRIS: yes
    • WELD: yes
    • DEEDS: yes
    • OLIVERIO: yes
    • WILLIS: yes
    • FULLER: yes
    • PHILLIPS: yes
    • WOELFEL: yes
    • GARCIA: yes
    • QUEEN: yes
    • WOODRUM: yes
    • GRADY: yes
    • ROBERTS: yes
    • MR PRESIDENT: yes
    • HAMILTON: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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