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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to workers' compensation claims"
+description: "Relating generally to workers' compensation claims"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 531"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 531 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-05"
+last_action: "2019-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f359dbd1-b72c-47cf-9976-43f1fd7703ad"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=531&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d682b081f8a8e79c7be1588681a9211266ef5189c075d8c997799d8f62658d62"
+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 531 (2019) — Relating generally to workers' compensation claims
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
+4. **SB531 S B_I AM _1 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/SB531 S B_I AM _1 2-18 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **64–35** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trump — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2019-02-05** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-02-05** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
+- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
+- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 205) `passage`
+- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
+- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2019-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-01** Do pass
+- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 464) `passage`
+- **2019-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2019-03-06** House Message received
+- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2019-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 372) `passage`
+- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
+- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
+- **2019-04-16** Chapter 265, 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/f359dbd1-b72c-47cf-9976-43f1fd7703ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+