---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day"
description: "Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "West Virginia SB 37 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woelfel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424c5101-165c-4c71-b6f2-ae4c238c8016"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=37&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5d5e953449144b637a5891eb7ceb1f7c9e5d8f418d783e4f71963ec2be4afc9e"
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 37 (2018) — Equalizing penalty for entering without breaking regardless of time of day

## 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=SB37%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=37)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB37%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=37)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB37%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=37)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Woelfel — primary (person)
- Ojeda — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-22** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 16) `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Do pass
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 276) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-03** House Message received
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House 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 56, 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/424c5101-165c-4c71-b6f2-ae4c238c8016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).