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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directing State Police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment"
+description: "Directing State Police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 838"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 838 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-19"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bac350-44f1-455e-988b-bc6219f7a6d4"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=838&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "405fb4204018ee86bed4432ba7bb7d5a35c961ef30cb59eab9a8ac5669a42b99"
+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 838 (2020) — Directing State Police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB838%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=838)
+2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB838%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=838)
+3. **SB838 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB838 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **SB838 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB838 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azinger — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Beach — cosponsor (person)
+- Clements — cosponsor (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
+- Romano — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+- Weld — cosponsor (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-19** Originating in Senate Judiciary
+- **2020-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 245) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 245)
+- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
+- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 588) `passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 589)
+- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 593)
+- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 593)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 293, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2bac350-44f1-455e-988b-bc6219f7a6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+