---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to preservation of biological evidence obtained through criminal investigations and trials"
description: "Relating to preservation of biological evidence obtained through criminal investigations and trials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "West Virginia SB 600 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566647ca-2cb2-4aee-a5b6-67d77d479eb4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=600&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "29f10e70a2f2ba01a3a332ba47eb5ee8e7ece0d448a629a828372ae1b590e0bf"
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 600 (2019) — Relating to preservation of biological evidence obtained through criminal investigations and trials

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB600%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=600)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB600%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=600)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB600%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=600)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-23** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 248)
- **2019-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To House Judiciary `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. 540) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 541)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 449)
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 449)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **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`
- **2019-03-26** 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 229, 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/566647ca-2cb2-4aee-a5b6-67d77d479eb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).