---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters"
description: "Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "West Virginia SB 626 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040240bb-4f91-475e-99d0-ce5113229036"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=626&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "20945b52d715d0b4b0f768595f571a90f852226f9f1daf2cfcb7058bd1fe30a8"
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 626 (2021) — Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters

## 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=SB626%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=626)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB626%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=626)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB626%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=626)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB626%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=626)
5. **SB626 H GO AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB626 H GO AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB626 H GO AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB626 H GO AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
7. **SB626 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB626 SFA TAKUBO _1 4-7 adopted.htm)
8. **SB626 SFA TRUMP 3-19 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB626 SFA TRUMP 3-19 _2 adopted.htm)
9. **SB626 SFAT TRUMP 3-19 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB626 SFAT TRUMP 3-19 _2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-17** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-03-19** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 155) `passage`
- **2021-03-19** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-22** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** With title amendment, do pass
- **2021-04-01** 2nd reference dispensed
- **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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 467) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-08** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 372)
- **2021-04-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-08** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 540)
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-09** 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 86, 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/040240bb-4f91-475e-99d0-ce5113229036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).