---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring chief executive of municipal law-enforcement agency be certified law-enforcement officer"
description: "Requiring chief executive of municipal law-enforcement agency be certified law-enforcement officer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 521"
citation: "West Virginia SB 521 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81255400-4b7a-41c3-aaa4-b2fd786fc13a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=521&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "671a4b1ab05784f90798a0fb69a6466c9d8e47026041553489dc58daa6bd8ea2"
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 521 (2018) — Requiring chief executive of municipal law-enforcement agency be certified law-enforcement officer

## 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=SB521%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=521)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB521%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=521)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB521%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=521)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-22** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/22/18
- **2018-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 194) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 194)
- **2018-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 470) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 471)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 485)
- **2018-03-10** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 485)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 179, 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/81255400-4b7a-41c3-aaa4-b2fd786fc13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).