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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Determining indigency for public defender services"
+description: "Determining indigency for public defender services"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 408"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 408 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-23"
+last_action: "2019-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc31fd8e-8411-4f6d-a6f2-0ae1985ebf6f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=408&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c8b414fa418ad297e223c094569c400d32b96d3d45a15b18d6ede7e700cd8d25"
+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 408 (2019) — Determining indigency for public defender services
+
+## 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=SB408%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Palumbo — primary (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Committee substitute reported
+- **2019-02-07** On 1st reading
+- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2019-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2019-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 107) `passage`
+- **2019-02-11** Ordered to House
+- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2019-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-22** Do pass
+- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
+- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-02-26** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
+- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2019-02-28** Placed on Special Calender
+- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-01** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/2/19
+- **2019-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 407) `passage`
+- **2019-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-04** House Message received
+- **2019-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 327)
+- **2019-03-04** Communicated to House
+- **2019-03-04** Completed legislative action
+- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2019-03-11** To Governor 3/11/19 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/2219 - Senate Journal
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Chapter 116, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc31fd8e-8411-4f6d-a6f2-0ae1985ebf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+