---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000"
description: "Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "West Virginia SB 35 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d98456-ab4d-4f1a-aa3f-9bb38781bb48"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=35&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1ec8d3b4762572b31fbc4d50e15268d55ca5662531d5415c7d0b7e4e3c6ad679"
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 35 (2020) — Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000

## 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=SB35%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=35)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB35%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=35)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB35%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=35)
4. **SB35 HFAT SHOTT 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB35 HFAT SHOTT 2-12 adopted.htm)
5. **SB35 PETHEL AND SHOTT AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB35 PETHEL AND SHOTT AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-15** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-17** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 2) `passage`
- **2020-01-17** Ordered to House
- **2020-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Do pass
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-13** House Message received
- **2020-02-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 137)
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-13** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-14** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-25** To Governor 2/25/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-26** To Governor 2/25/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor 3/2/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 80, 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/d2d98456-ab4d-4f1a-aa3f-9bb38781bb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).