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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty"
+description: "Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 327"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 327 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f03f8e8b-fef9-4ad2-8320-7d1ae4f30be0"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=327&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "4f541a81be1ca1bd4f1a22612553a5f8bf56173d070506961c226b1e71fa7698"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia SB 327 (2018) — Providing extortion of anything of value, including sexual contact, subjects person to criminal penalty
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB327%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=327)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB327%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=327)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB327%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=327)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+- Boso — cosponsor (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-26** Committee substitute reported
+- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading
+- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-31** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 39) `passage`
+- **2018-01-31** Ordered to House
+- **2018-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01** Do pass
+- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 313) `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-06** House Message received
+- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 57, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f03f8e8b-fef9-4ad2-8320-7d1ae4f30be0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+