---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to HIV testing"
description: "Relating to HIV testing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "West Virginia SB 545 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e28ca4db-1297-4559-b82c-a80022ff3e0d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=545&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "400fdde7a4b7fc7e61d76608bce386328e3234cd20fe4c2fb01b49f53cdb1898"
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 545 (2019) — Relating to HIV testing

## 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=SB545%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=545)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB545%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=545)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-07** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 152) `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Special Calender
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
- **2019-02-28** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 401) `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 402)
- **2019-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-02** House Message received
- **2019-03-02** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 320)
- **2019-03-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 320)
- **2019-03-02** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-04** 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`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 167, 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/e28ca4db-1297-4559-b82c-a80022ff3e0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).