---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for court order authorizing interception of communications"
description: "Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for court order authorizing interception of communications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "West Virginia SB 61 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ca31f5-2ba7-4407-858f-f67d12eb3620"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=61&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b03dc016be43567069a78e21616228923a96557894bd77b4c6625a011aadbf7f"
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 61 (2019) — Adding certain crimes for which prosecutor may apply for court order authorizing interception of communications

## 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=SB61%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=61)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB61%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=61)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB61%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=61)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB61%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=61)
5. **SB61 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB61 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm)
6. **SB61 SFAT _2 TAKUBO 2-15 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB61 SFAT _2 TAKUBO 2-15 adopted.htm)
7. **SB61 SFAT _AMENDMENT 1 - TRUMP adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB61 SFAT _AMENDMENT 1 - TRUMP adopted.htm)
8. **Second Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB61%20SUB1%20ENR2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=61)

## Votes

- PASSAGE- MEET OBJ. OF GOV. — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-01-16** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-17** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/17/19
- **2019-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-21** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 13) `passage`
- **2019-01-21** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2019-02-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 132) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-15** House Message received
- **2019-02-15** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 137)
- **2019-02-15** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-19** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2019-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 213) `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-19** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-20** House Message received
- **2019-02-25** To Governor 2/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-25** To Governor 2/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-01** Vetoed by Governor 3/1/19 `executive-veto`
- **2019-03-05** Vetoed by Governor 3/5/19 - Senate Journal `executive-veto`
- **2019-03-05** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** Senate amended, repassed bill as result of Governor's Veto (Roll No. 346)
- **2019-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-06** House reconsidered its action
- **2019-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-06** Repassed House to meet the objections of the Governor (Roll No. 483)
- **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`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 79, 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/30ca31f5-2ba7-4407-858f-f67d12eb3620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).