---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to punishment for second or third degree felony"
description: "Relating to punishment for second or third degree felony"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "West Virginia SB 496 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd6f799-6f95-4e23-a3af-dac068b617b3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=496&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "710dd8e19a66014e1d2f2c8dc325597cd7e12d5e187b1958aedc523dfbd176e9"
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 496 (2021) — Relating to punishment for second or third degree felony

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=496)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB496%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=496)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 119) `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 4/6
- **2021-04-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed House (Roll No. 499) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 84, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffd6f799-6f95-4e23-a3af-dac068b617b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).