# West Virginia HB 2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder West Virginia HB 2217, Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Steele; status signed, last action 2025-07-30 (Chapter 78, Acts, Regular Session, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2217-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 2217 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-07-30, Chapter 78, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Steele - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: §61-10-31 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (226 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Prison penalties for West Virginia conspiracies: cost, low. Beginning July 6, 2025, West Virginia sets penalty tiers for criminal conspiracies. The law applies when two or more people agree to a crime and at least one acts to advance it. It covers state crimes and fraud against the state, county school boards, counties, or municipalities. General felony con… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Steele ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-09 | House | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 409) | pass | 96 | 3 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 329) | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 23) | pass | 96 | 3 | | ## Actions (43) - 2025-07-30: Chapter 78, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-25: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-10: To Governor 4/9/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-10: To Governor 4/9/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-09: House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 409) (House) - 2025-04-09: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-09: To Governor 4/9/2025 (House) - 2025-04-08: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-08: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-08: Completed legislative action (House) - 2025-04-07: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Passed Senate (Roll No. 329) (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Senate requests House to concur (Senate) - 2025-04-04: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Reported do pass, with amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-05: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-05: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-04: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-04: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-04: Passed House (Roll No. 23) (House) - 2025-03-04: Title amendment adopted (Voice vote) (House) - 2025-03-04: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-03: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-02-28: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-02-28: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-02-27: By substitute, do pass (House) - 2025-02-25: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-02-24: To House Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-21: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-02-13: To House Courts (House) - 2025-02-12: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-02-12: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-12: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-02-12: To House Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub2.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub2.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds (signed) ## Sources - [Committee Substitute (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub2.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub2.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 sub enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2217 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - 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