# West Virginia HB 3164: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee West Virginia HB 3164, Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Flanigan; status signed, last action 2025-07-30 (Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3164-2025rs - 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 3164 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-05 - Last action: 2025-07-30, Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 - Sponsor: Flanigan - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: §15-2C-2, §15-12-2 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (121 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Abuse and sex-offender registrants owe annual fees: cost, low. Effective July 11, 2025, the law sets annual $125 fees for West Virginia’s abuse and sex-offender registrants. People required to join the Central Abuse Registry must pay between January 1 and January 30. The sex-offender fee provision gives a January 1–June 30 window, but the enacted text also con… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Flanigan - Cosponsor: Jeff Campbell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Henry Dillon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jeff Eldridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kump - Cosponsor: Pritt ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 603) | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2025-03-28 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 247) | pass | 88 | 2 | | ## Actions (34) - 2025-07-30: Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-28: Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 (House) - 2025-04-22: To Governor 4/22/2025 (House) - 2025-04-12: On 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Passed Senate (Roll No. 603) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to House (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Completed legislative action (Senate) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal (House) - 2025-04-12: Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal (Senate) - 2025-04-11: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Reported do pass (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-31: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-31: To Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-28: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-28: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-28: Passed House (Roll No. 247) (House) - 2025-03-28: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-27: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-27: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-26: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-26: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-25: By substitute, do pass (House) - 2025-03-20: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-05: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-03-05: To Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-05: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-03-05: To House Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 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/hb3164 sub1.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 sub1 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3164 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) - [SB 102: Modifying form of certain deeds](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB102-2025rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3164-2025rs (as of 2026-10-19).