---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting voluntary contribution amounts on certain DMV forms"
description: "Adjusting voluntary contribution amounts on certain DMV forms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "West Virginia SB 596 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb90162-ea37-4a5c-a45e-87e9ca74d206"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=596&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6a4245f928b19b68056b69125c597fb4d74681aa23ab657afd54f995d5269af4"
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 596 (2019) — Adjusting voluntary contribution amounts on certain DMV forms

## 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=SB596%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=596)
2. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 753)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/house/00753.pdf)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB596%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=596)
4. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 555)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2019/RS/votes/senate/03-09-0555.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Military
- **2019-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** To Military
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/23/19
- **2019-02-25** Reported by clerk
- **2019-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 228) `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 538) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House refused to recede and requested conference(Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** House appointed conferees: Harshbarger, Phillips, Hartman
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate agreed to conference and appoints conferees: Weld, Sypolt, Jeffries
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** To conference
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** Conference report filed - House
- **2019-03-09** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2019-03-09** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 555)
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** Conference report received-House
- **2019-03-09** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 753)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - 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 171, 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/0bb90162-ea37-4a5c-a45e-87e9ca74d206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).