---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings"
description: "Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "West Virginia SB 119 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7a9cc06-4795-4732-a285-8fbf2c34dd0b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=119&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "efb69cd879fe38c66fd732b382e717014bf0dfa4e8ef690e528f458e893b1eb9"
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 119 (2019) — Specifying documents not subject to discovery in certain proceedings

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB119%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=119)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB119%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=119)

## Votes

- Passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **81–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-21** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 14) `passage`
- **2019-01-21** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Do pass
- **2019-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 36) `passage`
- **2019-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-29** Completed legislative action
- **2019-01-30** House Message received
- **2019-02-05** To Governor 2/5/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-06** To Governor 2/5/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-06** To Governor 2/5/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/8/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-11** Approved by Governor 2/8/19 - House Journal
- **2019-02-11** Approved by Governor 2/8/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 185, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7a9cc06-4795-4732-a285-8fbf2c34dd0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).