---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing uniform electioneering prohibition area"
description: "Establishing uniform electioneering prohibition area"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 785"
citation: "West Virginia SB 785 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00e5563-10c1-4181-89a5-8272bd8add1c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=785&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f09fda83c22a657ee736af535d164cde344e3245c44b7e8937ebebae0af76a11"
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 785 (2020) — Establishing uniform electioneering prohibition area

## 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=SB785%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=785)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB785%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=785)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB785%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=785)
4. **SB785 HJUD AM 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB785 HJUD AM 3-2 adopted.htm)
5. **SB785 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB785 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-5 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 322) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 322)
- **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`
- **2020-03-02** 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. 538)
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 539) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 540)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-05** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 471)
- **2020-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 471)
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 725)
- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 726)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **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 125, 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/e00e5563-10c1-4181-89a5-8272bd8add1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).