---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting Purchasing Division purchases for equipment to maintain security at state facilities"
description: "Exempting Purchasing Division purchases for equipment to maintain security at state facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "West Virginia SB 358 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9362fbc-8b25-4aa9-a36f-018e48626b52"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=358&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "11ac3c654e305320de9cdd1e3f05aae6a07355c5ffb270238d35d87bcb761110"
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 358 (2019) — Exempting Purchasing Division purchases for equipment to maintain security at state facilities

## 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=SB358%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=358)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB358%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=358)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 70) `passage`
- **2019-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Do pass
- **2019-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 221) `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-21** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-22** House Message received
- **2019-03-01** To Governor 3/119 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-01** To Governor 3/1/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor 3/7/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 227, 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/d9362fbc-8b25-4aa9-a36f-018e48626b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).