---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to probation eligibility"
description: "Relating to probation eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "West Virginia SB 17 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ed6827-29f7-45fb-92ce-c4ec7719c727"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=17&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b4ce0f0b4d22c8385086be2b199b48d2bda23710b90bae0210e89b337675ca85"
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 17 (2019) — Relating to probation eligibility

## 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=SB17%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=17)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB17%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=17)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB17%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=17)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–4** (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** Committee substitute reported
- **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. 12) `passage`
- **2019-01-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 12)
- **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. 34) `passage`
- **2019-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 35)
- **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`
- **2019-02-11** Approved by Governor 2/11/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-12** Approved by Governor 2/11/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-02-12** Approved by Governor 2/11/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 77, 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/37ed6827-29f7-45fb-92ce-c4ec7719c727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).