# West Virginia HB 2401: Relating to revising the criminal code generally

West Virginia HB 2401, Relating to revising the criminal code generally, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Steele; status failed, last action 2025-02-17 (Filed for introduction) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2401-2025rs
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia HB 2401
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Relating to revising the criminal code generally
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-17
- Last action: 2025-02-17, Filed for introduction
- Sponsor: Steele
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: §15-12-8, §19-1A-3B, §23-5B-1, §23-5B-2, §23-5B-3, §23-5B-4, §29-22-12, §30-1-27, §30-1-28, §30-29-9A, §55-2-23, §55-9-1, §55-9-2, §55-9-3, §60A-4-418, §61-1-1, §61-1-2, §61-1-3, §61-1-4, §61-1-5, §61-1-7, §61-1-8, §61-1-9, §61-2-1, §61-2-2, §61-2-3, §61-2-4, §61-2-5, §61-2-5A, §61-2-6, §61-2-7, §61-2-8, §61-2-9, §61-2-9A, §61-2-9B, §61-2-9C, §61-2-9D, §61-2-10, §61-2-10A, §61-2-10B, §61-2-11, §61-2-12, §61-2-13, §61-2-14, §61-2-14A, §61-2-14B, §61-2-14C, §61-2-14D, §61-2-14E, §61-2-14F, §61-2-14G, §61-2-14H, §61-2-15, §61-2-15A, §61-2-16, §61-2-16A, §61-2-17, §61-2-18, §61-2-19, §61-2-20, §61-2-21, §61-2-22, §61-2-23, §61-2-24, §61-2-25, §61-2-26, §61-2-27, §61-2-27A, §61-2-28, §61-2-29, §61-2-29A, §61-2-29B, §61-2-30, §61-3-1, §61-3-2, §61-3-3, §61-3-4, §61-3-5, §61-3-6, §61-3-7, §61-3-8, §61-3-9, §61-3-10, §61-3-11, §61-3-12, §61-3-13, §61-3-14, §61-3-15, §61-3-16, §61-3-17, §61-3-18, §61-3-19, §61-3-20, §61-3-20A, §61-3-21, §61-3-22, §61-3-22A, §61-3-23, §61-3-24, §61-3-24A, §61-3-24B, §61-3-24C, §61-3-24D, §61-3-24E, §61-3-24F, §61-3-24G, §61-3-24H, §61-3-25, §61-3-26, §61-3-27, §61-3-28, §61-3-29, §61-3-30, §61-3-31, §61-3-32, §61-3-33, §61-3-34, §61-3-35, §61-3-36, §61-3-37, §61-3-38, §61-3-39, §61-3-39A, §61-3-39B, §61-3-39C, §61-3-39D, §61-3-39E, §61-3-39F, §61-3-39G, §61-3-39H, §61-3-39I, §61-3-39J, §61-3-39K, §61-3-39M, §61-3-39N, §61-3-39O, §61-3-39P, §61-3-39Q, §61-3-40, §61-3-41, §61-3-42, §61-3-43, §61-3-44, §61-3-45, §61-3-45A, §61-3-46, §61-3-47, §61-3-48, §61-3-48A, §61-3-49, §61-3-49A, §61-3-49B, §61-3-50, §61-3-51, §61-3-52, §61-3-53, §61-3-54, §61-3-55, §61-3-56, §61-3-57, §61-3-58, §61-3-59, §61-3A-3, §61-3A-4A, §61-3A-7, §61-3B-2, §61-3B-3, §61-3B-4, §61-3B-5, §61-3B-6, §61-3B-7, §61-3B-9, §61-3B-10, §61-3B-11, §61-3C-2, §61-3C-3, §61-3C-4, §61-3C-5, §61-3C-6, §61-3C-7, §61-3C-8, §61-3C-9, §61-3C-10, §61-3C-11, §61-3C-12, §61-3C-13, §61-3C-14, §61-3C-14A, §61-3C-14B, §61-3C-14C, §61-3C-15, §61-3C-16, §61-3C-17, §61-3C-18, §61-3C-19, §61-3C-20, §61-3C-21, §61-3C-22, §61-3C-23, §61-3D-2, §61-3D-3, §61-3E-1, §61-3E-3, §61-3E-4, §61-3E-5, §61-3E-6, §61-3E-7, §61-3E-8, §61-3E-9, §61-3E-10, §61-3E-12, §61-3E-13, §61-3F-1, §61-3F-2, §61-3F-3, §61-3F-4, §61-3F-5, §61-3F-6, §61-3F-7, §61-3F-8, §61-3F-9, §61-3F-10, §61-3F-11, §61-3F-12, §61-3F-13, §61-3F-14, §61-3F-15, §61-3F-16, §61-3F-17, §61-4-1, §61-4-2, §61-4-3, §61-4-4, §61-4-5, §61-4-6, §61-4-7, §61-4-8, §61-4-9, §61-4-10, §61-5-1, §61-5-2, §61-5-3, §61-5-4, §61-5-5, §61-5-6, §61-5-7, §61-5-8, §61-5-9, §61-5-10, §61-5-11, §61-5-12, §61-5-12A, §61-5-12B, §61-5-13, §61-5-14, §61-5-15, §61-5-16, §61-5-17, §61-5-18, §61-5-19, §61-5-20, §61-5-21, §61-5-22, §61-5-23, §61-5-24, §61-5-25, §61-5-25A, §61-5-26, §61-5-27, §61-5-27A, §61-5-28, §61-5-29, §61-5A-9, §61-6-1, §61-6-1A, §61-6-1B, §61-6-2, §61-6-3, §61-6-6, §61-6-7, §61-6-8, §61-6-9, §61-6-10, §61-6-11, §61-6-12, §61-6-13, §61-6-14, §61-6-14A, §61-6-15, §61-6-16, §61-6-17, §61-6-18, §61-6-19, §61-6-20, §61-6-21, §61-6-22, §61-6-23, §61-6-24, §61-6-25, §61-7-2, §61-7-3, §61-7-4, §61-7-4A, §61-7-5, §61-7-6, §61-7-6A, §61-7-7, §61-7-8, §61-7-9, §61-7-10, §61-7-11, §61-7-11A, §61-7-12, §61-7-13, §61-7-14, §61-7-15, §61-7-15A, §61-7-16, §61-7-17, §61-7-18, §61-7-19, §61-8-1, §61-8-2, §61-8-3, §61-8-4, §61-8-5, §61-8-6, §61-8-7, §61-8-8, §61-8-9, §61-8-9A, §61-8-10, §61-8-11, §61-8-12, §61-8-14, §61-8-15, §61-8-16, §61-8-17, §61-8-18, §61-8-19, §61-8-19A, §61-8-19B, §61-8-19C, §61-8-20, §61-8-21, §61-8-22, §61-8-23, §61-8-24, §61-8-25, §61-8-26, §61-8-27, §61-8-27A, §61-8-28, §61-8-28A, §61-8-29, §61-8-30, §61-8-31, §61-8A-1, §61-8A-2, §61-8A-4, §61-8A-5, §61-8B-3, §61-8B-4, §61-8B-5, §61-8B-6, §61-8B-7, §61-8B-8, §61-8B-9, §61-8B-9B, §61-8B-10, §61-8B-11, §61-8B-11A, §61-8B-12, §61-8B-13, §61-8B-14, §61-8B-15, §61-8B-16, §61-8B-17, §61-8B-18, §61-8B-19A, §61-8C-1, §61-8C-2, §61-8C-3, §61-8C-3A, §61-8C-3B, §61-8D-1, §61-8D-2, §61-8D-2A, §61-8D-3, §61-8D-3A, §61-8D-4, §61-8D-4A, §61-8D-5, §61-8D-5A, §61-8D-6, §61-8D-7, §61-8D-8, §61-8D-9, §61-8D-10, §61-8D-11, §61-8D-12, §61-8E-1, §61-8E-2, §61-8E-3, §61-9-1, §61-9-2, §61-9-3, §61-9-4, §61-9-5, §61-9-6, §61-9-7, §61-9-8, §61-9-9, §61-9-10, §61-9-11, §61-10-1, §61-10-2, §61-10-3, §61-10-4, §61-10-5, §61-10-6, §61-10-7, §61-10-8, §61-10-9, §61-10-10, §61-10-11, §61-10-11A, §61-10-11B, §61-10-12, §61-10-13, §61-10-14, §61-10-15, §61-10-16, §61-10-17, §61-10-18, §61-10-19, §61-10-20, §61-10-21, §61-10-22, §61-10-23, §61-10-30, §61-10-31, §61-10-32, §61-10-33, §61-10-34, §61-11-1, §61-11-1A, §61-11-3, §61-11-4, §61-11-5, §61-11-6, §61-11-7, §61-11-8, §61-11-8A, §61-11-18, §61-11-20, §61-11-21, §61-11-22, §61-11-22A, §61-11-26A, §61-11-26B, §61-11-27, §61-11-28, §61-11A-7, §61-11A-8, §61-11A-9, §61-12-8, §61-12-9, §61-12-13, §61-13-3, §61-14-2, §61-14-3, §61-14-4, §61-14-5, §61-14-6, §61-14-7, §61-14-8, §61-14-9, §61-15-2, §61-16-2, §61-17-1, §61-17-2, §61-17-3, §61-17-4, §61-17-5, §61-17-6, §61-17-7, §61-18-1, §61-18-2, §61-18-3, §61-18-4, §62-6-8, §62-12-2, §62-12-26, House Judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Steele

## Actions (4)

- 2025-02-17: Filed for introduction (House)
- 2025-02-17: To Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-17: Introduced in House (House)
- 2025-02-17: To House Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2401 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2401 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 196: Lauren's Law (signed)
- SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed)
- SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed)
- SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2401 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2401 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 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs)
- [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 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2401-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).