---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for payment of court costs as condition of pretrial diversion agreement"
description: "Relating to liability for payment of court costs as condition of pretrial diversion agreement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "West Virginia SB 191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/affeacf0-71bc-439c-830a-cccb0d8ecab0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=191&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2d5165190c16fcc4574ca77fef6bc378a0a8acbf3e8b91360922d8ab92e702f5"
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 191 (2023) — Relating to liability for payment of court costs as condition of pretrial diversion agreement

## 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=sb191%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=191)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb191%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=191)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb191%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=191)
4. **sb191 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb191 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb191 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb191 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm)
6. **sb191 hfa fast 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb191 hfa fast 3-7 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **sb191 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb191 hfat capito 3-6 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 208) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 552) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** House Message received
- **2023-03-09** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 482)
- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2023-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 741) `passage`
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 107, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/affeacf0-71bc-439c-830a-cccb0d8ecab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).