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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating generally to kidnapping"
+description: "Relating generally to kidnapping"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 537"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 537 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-02"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29259d5-883e-4a6e-91e8-e6dcc42ff438"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=537&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9ed308aba21a423609021011519626262a1166dfb95123e20547973b4648ce39"
+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 537 (2021) — Relating generally to kidnapping
+
+## 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=SB537%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=537)
+2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB537%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=537)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azinger — primary (person)
+- Beach — cosponsor (person)
+- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
+- Grady — cosponsor (person)
+- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
+- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Romano — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+- Weld — cosponsor (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-02** Originating in Senate Judiciary
+- **2021-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-03** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) `passage`
+- **2021-03-05** Ordered to House
+- **2021-03-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Do pass
+- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 557) `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-10** House Message received
+- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29259d5-883e-4a6e-91e8-e6dcc42ff438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+