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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to crime of misrepresentation of military honors"
+description: "Relating to crime of misrepresentation of military honors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 574"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 574 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-16"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd021a1-0e0e-4c6e-907e-cff1767b278b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=574&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c3c504b19056ce5068f66b1aeb2ea6a11c42dc6cfab962386710dd0413a68952"
+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 574 (2018) — Relating to crime of misrepresentation of military honors
+
+## 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=SB574%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=574)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB574%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=574)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB574%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=574)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Committee substitute reported
+- **2018-02-22** On 1st reading
+- **2018-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-23** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-26** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 202) `passage`
+- **2018-02-26** Ordered to House
+- **2018-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-03** Do pass
+- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 379) `passage`
+- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-08** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 59, 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/ccd021a1-0e0e-4c6e-907e-cff1767b278b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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