---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to exemptions of property in federal bankruptcy proceedings"
description: "Relating to exemptions of property in federal bankruptcy proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20211S"
identifier: "SB 1007"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1007 (20211S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aab798f7-25ab-4cc8-b7ff-a57c97a4b44c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1007&year=2021&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bffcb2dbf78101117db12e19ea6aecd5daf42465df1b099442cb74f6764d2f1f"
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 1007 (20211S) — Relating to exemptions of property in federal bankruptcy proceedings

## 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=SB1007%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=1X&i=1007)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB1007%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=1X&i=1007)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-06-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-06-07** Immediate consideration
- **2021-06-07** Committee reference dispensed
- **2021-06-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 10)
- **2021-06-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 11) `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 11)
- **2021-06-07** Ordered to House
- **2021-06-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-06-07** Reference dispensed
- **2021-06-07** Immediate consideration
- **2021-06-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 684)
- **2021-06-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Passed House (Voice vote) `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 684)
- **2021-06-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-06-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-06-07** House Message received
- **2021-06-08** To Governor 6/8/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** To Governor 6/8/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** To Governor 6/8/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** Approved by Governor 6/11/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Approved by Governor 6/11/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-06-07** Approved by Governor 6/11/21 - House Journal

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aab798f7-25ab-4cc8-b7ff-a57c97a4b44c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).