---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment"
description: "Relating generally to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "West Virginia SB 201 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ebb34c-e83c-4680-9f6c-cfacd426e0e7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=201&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d1b857b8485ed122aa89fea794602816707913db2b0866e4a8a354c9025911be"
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 201 (2020) — Relating generally to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment

## 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=SB201%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=201)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB201%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=201)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB201%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=201)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB201%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=201)
5. **SB201 HFA SHOTT 2-29 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB201 HFA SHOTT 2-29 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB201 SFA TRUMP 1-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB201 SFA TRUMP 1-24 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-24** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-28** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 38) `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Do pass
- **2020-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 439) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-03** House Message received
- **2020-03-03** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 388)
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ebb34c-e83c-4680-9f6c-cfacd426e0e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).