---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to compensation awards to crime victims"
description: "Relating to compensation awards to crime victims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "West Virginia SB 522 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a679411-eeb8-4f0a-ac91-b144530a2727"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=522&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "95bf6b486673c62e6fb83b74b0bccc9151713f567b0370efcd396c345c1293ee"
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 522 (2020) — Relating to compensation awards to crime victims

## 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=SB522%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=522)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB522%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=522)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB522%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=522)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 85) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2020-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Do pass
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 648) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 649)
- **2020-03-06** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 609)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - 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 46, 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/5a679411-eeb8-4f0a-ac91-b144530a2727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).