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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 151: Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals

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 151 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creating crime of assault on police dogs and other public safety animals. Primary sponsor: Ryan Weld (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan WeldPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
HamiltonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. To Judiciary
  3. Introduced in House
  4. House received Senate message
  5. Ordered to House
  6. Passed Senate (Roll No. 20)
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. On 3rd reading
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. On 2nd reading
  11. Read 1st time
  12. On 1st reading

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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