---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to background checks of certain financial institutions"
description: "Relating to background checks of certain financial institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 453"
citation: "West Virginia SB 453 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0a14874-668e-4594-a928-29a54a722a6c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=453&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "98d10c5d9a02dee3c4b1434ca39d3937284e13633ac308dc88bd69ff16c1b644"
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 453 (2019) — Relating to background checks of certain financial institutions

## 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=SB453%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=453)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB453%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=453)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-29** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 101) `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-01** House Message received
- **2019-03-01** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 294)
- **2019-03-01** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** To Governor 3/8/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 38, 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/d0a14874-668e-4594-a928-29a54a722a6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).