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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2815: Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder

In committee 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 2815 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Raise the Penalties for Murder and attempted Murder. Primary sponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 24, 2025): To House Judiciary.

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 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe FunkhouserPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Jordan BridgesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Mark DeanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Josh HolsteinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Mike HornbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Bill RidenourCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Bill RoopCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
George StreetCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Adam VanceCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35

“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. To House Judiciary
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Judiciary
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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