---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to juvenile competency proceedings"
description: "Relating to juvenile competency proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "West Virginia SB 562 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a01d15-1116-4dde-b93d-f376436e37e4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=562&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9cc977b2a4c7e31ecc7f3d7d17171b9299fd7cd259f4dd44b4d64f7847f159be"
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 562 (2021) — Relating to juvenile competency proceedings

## 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=SB562%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=562)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB562%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=562)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB562%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=562)
4. **SB562 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB562 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB562 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-9 AMENDED adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB562 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-9 AMENDED adopted.htm)
6. **SB562 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB562 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-10 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-16** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 147) `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment pending
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Placed on House Calendar
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Special Calender
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 560) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 466)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 641)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-20** To Governor 4/20/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/20/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/20/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 51, 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/f7a01d15-1116-4dde-b93d-f376436e37e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).