---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waiving fines and fees for completing Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully Program"
description: "Waiving fines and fees for completing Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "West Virginia SB 678 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2850ed0-b708-40aa-8f8e-913860390a3f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=678&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8f62d3eb0f496b1facee3afe357987f84a927407ce54331b7b6d4ee49f56c812"
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 678 (2020) — Waiving fines and fees for completing Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully Program

## 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=SB678%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=678)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB678%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=678)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB678%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=678)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB678%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=678)
5. **SB678 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB678 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB678 HFAT SHOTT 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB678 HFAT SHOTT 3-3 adopted.htm)
7. **SB678 SFA _1 ROMANO 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB678 SFA _1 ROMANO 2-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 99) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 526)
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 527) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 482)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - 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 61, 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/b2850ed0-b708-40aa-8f8e-913860390a3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).