---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing additional circuit judge for nineteenth judicial circuit"
description: "Providing additional circuit judge for nineteenth judicial circuit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "West Virginia SB 528 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf6f866d-abe9-4594-8be5-3dc62450fa5b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=528&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0fda941567af446e8c7436cd346ec3863cd88f54336590bcda49efac5772f04a"
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 528 (2018) — Providing additional circuit judge for nineteenth judicial circuit

## 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=SB528%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=528)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB528%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=528)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB528%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=528)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-13** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2018-02-22** Having been read 1st time 2/21/18
- **2018-02-22** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **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. 195) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-03-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Do pass
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 472) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **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** To Governor 3/21/18 - House 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 54, 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/bf6f866d-abe9-4594-8be5-3dc62450fa5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).