---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to PEIA reimbursement of air ambulance providers"
description: "Relating to PEIA reimbursement of air ambulance providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 587"
citation: "West Virginia SB 587 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f77d889-7688-44b6-b74c-24aec1282d6d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=587&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e0413f98d952c2deb9b2ce89d7f947fcfa7c5d803af61428668f955f70994444"
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 587 (2019) — Relating to PEIA reimbursement of air ambulance providers

## 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=SB587%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=587)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB587%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=587)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 177) `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** Do pass
- **2019-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 490) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House Message received
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `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 146, 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/9f77d889-7688-44b6-b74c-24aec1282d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).