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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 617: Discouraging gang activity

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

SB 617 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Discouraging gang activity. Primary sponsor: Rollan Roberts (Republican). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 8, 2025): Chapter 207, 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 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rollan RobertsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Mike AzingerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Jason BarrettCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Kevan BartlettCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Vince DeedsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Scott FullerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Craig HartCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
JeffriesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Robbie MorrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Chris RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
StuartCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Eric TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Darren ThorneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate15
WillisCo-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. Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
  2. Approved by Governor 4/24/2025
  3. To Governor 4/14/2025
  4. Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal
  5. Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal
  6. To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal
  7. To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal
  8. Completed legislative action
  9. Communicated to House
  10. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 452)
  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