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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2123: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2123 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse. Primary sponsor: Doug Smith (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 30, 2025): Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Doug SmithPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse39
J.B. AkersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Roy CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Marty GearheartCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Roger HanshawCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Rick HillenbrandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Jordan MaynorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Matthew RohrbachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Evan WorrellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Mark ZatezaloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor 4/25/2025
  3. To Governor 4/22/2025
  4. Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
  5. Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal
  6. To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal
  7. To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal
  8. Completed legislative action
  9. Communicated to House
  10. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 454)
  11. House Message received
  12. Communicated to Senate

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source