---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring DNR include election of organ donation on hunting licenses"
description: "Requiring DNR include election of organ donation on hunting licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "West Virginia SB 613 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48aecdca-9ae8-42b7-8e33-264fec018b83"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=613&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "18db280a699aecf3821657dddcc9ce04d48c56fad681d7f5c6e13f2f3b04c947"
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 613 (2019) — Requiring DNR include election of organ donation on hunting licenses

## 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=SB613%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=613)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB613%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=613)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB613%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=613)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-14** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 190) `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 190)
- **2019-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do pass
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 623) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 624)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 535)
- **2019-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 535)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** 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 210, 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/48aecdca-9ae8-42b7-8e33-264fec018b83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).