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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 136: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide

Passed one chamber 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

SB 136 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increasing penalties and parole eligibility requirements for homicide. Primary sponsor: Ryan Weld (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 26, 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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan WeldPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Kevan BartlettCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“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. House received Senate message
  4. Ordered to House
  5. Passed Senate (Roll No. 28)
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. On 3rd reading
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. On 2nd reading
  10. Read 1st time
  11. On 1st reading
  12. Committee substitute reported

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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