---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finding and declaring claim against state"
description: "Finding and declaring claim against state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20172S"
identifier: "SB 2005"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2005 (20172S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-17"
last_action: "2017-11-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06cae5a-12ce-4c51-867e-78d46c031355"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2005&year=2017&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9461ba34b6dec0628c29ba49c653048992d1b7dcabcea1e106483edad365a453"
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 2005 (20172S) — Finding and declaring claim against state

## 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=sb2005%20enr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=2X&i=2005)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2005%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=2X&i=2005)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · legislature
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **88–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2017-10-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-10-17** Immediate consideration
- **2017-10-17** Committee reference dispensed
- **2017-10-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-17** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 4)
- **2017-10-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 5) `passage`
- **2017-10-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 5)
- **2017-10-17** Ordered to House
- **2017-10-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-10-17** Reference dispensed
- **2017-10-17** Immediate consideration
- **2017-10-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-17** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 700)
- **2017-10-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-17** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2017-10-17** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2017-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-17** Passed House (Roll No. 701) `passage`
- **2017-10-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 702)
- **2017-10-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2017-10-17** Completed legislative action
- **2017-10-17** House Message received
- **2017-10-20** To Governor 10/20/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-13** To Governor 10/20/17 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-24** Approved by Governor 10/24/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-13** Approved by Governor 10/24/17 - Senate Journal
- **2017-10-24** Chapter 1, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06cae5a-12ce-4c51-867e-78d46c031355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).