---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying \"Habitual Offender\" statute"
description: "Modifying \"Habitual Offender\" statute"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "West Virginia SB 765 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6f86256-ef9d-4af6-9213-108fc52d9d7d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=765&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "13396f63c1ada0f9c42822f1eb29e9995d2c86ceea203841087ce5a5bb9819d4"
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 765 (2020) — Modifying "Habitual Offender" statute

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB765%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=765)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB765%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=765)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB765%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=765)
4. **SB765 HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB765 HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB765 S JUD AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB765 S JUD AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm)
6. **sb765 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/sb765 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** Rereferred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 321) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 321)
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 603)
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 604) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 592)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** Effective ninety days from passage
- **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`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 88, 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/a6f86256-ef9d-4af6-9213-108fc52d9d7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).