---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating sudden cardiac arrest prevention"
description: "Regulating sudden cardiac arrest prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 640"
citation: "West Virginia SB 640 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stollings"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ffad5f9-3126-4ab9-b685-49148ba833a8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=640&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "74baad041481821bb608e8b03610741de52ffc6a85f5197812f8edc19e534033"
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 640 (2019) — Regulating sudden cardiac arrest prevention

## 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=SB640%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=640)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB640%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=640)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB640%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=640)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB640%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=640)
5. **SB640 SFA _AMENDMENT 10 MARONEY 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB640 SFA _AMENDMENT 10 MARONEY 2-22 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stollings — primary (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-18** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 251) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To House Health and Human Resources `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. 630) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** 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 211, 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/1ffad5f9-3126-4ab9-b685-49148ba833a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).