West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2446 — Blue Alert Plan

Last action — Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

178 added · 167 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of HB 2446 has formalized the "Blue Alert Plan," establishing a system to quickly alert the public when law enforcement officers go missing or when a suspect who has harmed an officer is at large. This change adds structure to how alerts are activated and communicated to the media and various departments, which is vital for enhancing public safety and facilitating quicker responses during critical situations. Overall, this initiative aims to protect law enforcement and improve community involvement in these urgent matters.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENROLLED Committee Substitute for House Bill 2446 By Delegates Hollen, Steele and Mandt [Passed February 13, 2019;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for House Bill 2446 By Delegate Hollen, Steele and Mandt [Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary, January 22, 2019.] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §15-3C-1, §15-3C-2, §15-3C-3, §15-3C-4, §15-3C-5, §15-3C-6, and §15-3C-7 of said code, all relating to the establishment of an alert system for law-enforcement officers missing in the line of duty or person suspected of killing or inflicting life threatening injuries upon a law-enforcement officer who remain at large;
in effect ninety days from passage.] AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §15-3C-1, §15-3C-2, §15-3C-3, §15-3C-4, §15-3C-5, §15-3C-6, and §15-3C-7 of said code, all relating to the establishment of an alert system for law-enforcement officers missing in the line of duty or person suspected of killing or inflicting life threatening injuries upon a law-enforcement officer who remain at large;
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Blue Alert Plan”.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Blue Alert Plan.” §15-3C-2.
§15-3C-2.
Findings and declarations relative to the “Blue Alert Plan.” (a) The Legislature finds that:
Findings and declarations relative to the “Blue Alert Plan”.
(a) The Legislature finds that:
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The purpose of this bill is to establish the Blue Alert program which will aid in locating a law-enforcement officer who has disappeared in the line of duty or locating and safely apprehending a suspect or suspects who kill or inflict a life-threatening injury upon a law-enforcement officer and remain at large.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 2/25/19 - House Journal

  3. Approved by Governor 2/25/19

  4. Approved by Governor 2/25/19 - Senate Journal

  5. To Governor 2/19/19 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 2/19/19 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 2/19/19

  8. House received Senate message

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to House

  11. Passed Senate (Roll No. 134)

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. On 3rd reading

  14. Read 2nd time

  15. On 2nd reading

  16. Read 1st time

  17. On 1st reading

  18. Reported do pass

  19. To Government Organization

  20. To Government Organization

  21. Introduced in Senate

  22. House Message received

  23. Communicated to Senate

  24. Passed House (Roll No. 25)

  25. Read 3rd time

  26. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  27. Read 2nd time

  28. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  29. Read 1st time

  30. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  31. By substitute, do pass

  32. To House Judiciary

  33. Introduced in House

  34. To Judiciary

  35. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Hollen · Primary
  • Steele · Cosponsor
  • Mandt · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Hollen

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Steele
  • Mandt

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Not Voting
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Republican 21003
Democrat 5000
Total 95005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Fast — Yea
Kump — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Graves — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pack — Yea
Steele — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Walker — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Householder — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Hardy — Not Voting
Hollen — Not Voting
Rodighiero — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Linville — Yea
Malcolm — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Miley — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Not Voting
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Not Voting
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Not Voting
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety
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HB 2446 is sponsored by Hollen, Steele, and Mandt.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2019. Enacted.
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