---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person"
description: "Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "West Virginia SB 397 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ab096d-0aa8-48c7-b338-d91b8121f562"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=397&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a2153e3d802a122fbd39edbcd7bee0df607c3760891e811df003b757862c235f"
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 397 (2018) — Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person

## 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=SB397%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 113) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Do pass
- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 319) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-06** 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`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 58, 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/d0ab096d-0aa8-48c7-b338-d91b8121f562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).