---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating voluntary certification of recovery residences"
description: "Creating voluntary certification of recovery residences"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20191S"
identifier: "SB 1012"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1012 (20191S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-20"
last_action: "2019-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee35daa5-9734-426b-a3cd-c8cd8cb708e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1012&year=2019&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9fe444d0e698189b1a460a963c0f95f4d47f98fcf816002d86ac4f6c4d561a65"
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 1012 (20191S) — Creating voluntary certification of recovery residences

## 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=SB1012%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=1012)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB1012%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=1X&i=1012)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-05-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Immediate consideration
- **2019-05-20** Committee reference dispensed
- **2019-05-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-05-20** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 10)
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 11) `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 11)
- **2019-05-20** Ordered to House
- **2019-05-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Reference dispensed
- **2019-05-20** Immediate consideration
- **2019-05-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-05-20** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 795)
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed House (Roll No. 796) `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 797)
- **2019-05-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-05-20** Completed legislative action
- **2019-05-20** House Message received
- **2019-05-24** To Governor 5/24/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-01** To Governor 5/24/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Approved by Governor 5/29/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-01** Approved by Governor 5/29/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-10-01** Chapter 37, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee35daa5-9734-426b-a3cd-c8cd8cb708e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).