---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining \"veteran\" as it pertains to veteran-owned business"
description: "Defining \"veteran\" as it pertains to veteran-owned business"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "West Virginia SB 71 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2792b203-5687-4329-bdf0-a8a91613a070"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=71&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a53d8eb3a843dc6cc4fd7eb76bd01458d87552aa12a8a188e3eaf9b1c6d17d73"
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 71 (2018) — Defining "veteran" as it pertains to veteran-owned business

## 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=SB71%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB71%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB71%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=71)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Military then Government Organization
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To Military
- **2018-01-24** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2018-01-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 35) `passage`
- **2018-01-31** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Do pass
- **2018-02-19** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-22** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-23** House Message received
- **2018-03-02** To Governor 3/2//18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-03** To Governor 3/2/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 90, 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/2792b203-5687-4329-bdf0-a8a91613a070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).