---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to punishment for third offense felony"
description: "Relating to punishment for third offense felony"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "West Virginia SB 232 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c92603-52c0-431b-91ea-b22a3f773404"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=232&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cffb1ac724fb1cf953ecbde46c5f3569caaa2ffee06a1d966b4ddc723fca492e"
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 232 (2022) — Relating to punishment for third offense felony

## 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=SB232%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=232)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB232%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=232)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB232%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=232)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 248) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Ordered to House
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Do pass
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 552) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 79, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66c92603-52c0-431b-91ea-b22a3f773404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).