---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates"
description: "Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "West Virginia SB 359 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8084a1-8e0e-49ad-8c41-04f890540b2a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=359&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3dee59b3974a32680a82a5d9e5d58100eea115e812775c3dabc3cdb2e04b96e6"
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 359 (2018) — Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates

## 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=SB359%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=359)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB359%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=359)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB359%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=359)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-24** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 177) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 177)
- **2018-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Do pass
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 368) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 369)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 195, 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/4b8084a1-8e0e-49ad-8c41-04f890540b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).