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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 3147: Make it a felony to kill a canine officer

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 3147 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Make it a felony to kill a canine officer. Primary sponsor: Laura Kimble (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 4, 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 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura KimblePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Tresa HowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Margitta MazzocchiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Pat McGeehanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Lisa WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse96

“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