---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance"
description: "Providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 336"
citation: "West Virginia SB 336 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c2ceb71-ef46-4cc4-94d0-b4be18131665"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=336&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8851010a3660c5985a5b918330a99da356153acc5b3f7eccba894c227736824f"
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 336 (2018) — Providing certain DMV applicants ability to contribute to WV Department of Veterans Assistance

## 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=SB336%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=336)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB336%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=336)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB336%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=336)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ferns — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-22** To Military then Finance
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Military
- **2018-01-24** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-30** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 47) `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-09** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Do pass
- **2018-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 496) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 97, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c2ceb71-ef46-4cc4-94d0-b4be18131665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).