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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Defining \"veteran\" as it pertains to veteran-owned business"
+description: "Defining \"veteran\" as it pertains to veteran-owned business"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 71"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 71 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Military and Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2792b203-5687-4329-bdf0-a8a91613a070"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=71&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a53d8eb3a843dc6cc4fd7eb76bd01458d87552aa12a8a188e3eaf9b1c6d17d73"
+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 71 (2018) — Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business
+
+## 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=SB71%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB71%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB71%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-10** To Military then Government Organization
+- **2018-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-01-10** To Military
+- **2018-01-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
+- **2018-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **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. 35) `passage`
+- **2018-01-31** Ordered to House
+- **2018-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-02-01** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-01** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** Do pass
+- **2018-02-19** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-02-22** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-02-23** House Message received
+- **2018-03-02** To Governor 3/2//18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-04-23** Chapter 90, 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/2792b203-5687-4329-bdf0-a8a91613a070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+