---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Supreme Court to develop pretrial release programs in all circuits"
description: "Authorizing Supreme Court to develop pretrial release programs in all circuits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "SB 1010"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1010 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61e20a87-b4c1-48e0-b910-d8dd16aba419"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1010&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a8f16c5773d97df6d2ec998224317aa4c8da02fde5a8dee47b94ff6ee3fec8db"
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 1010 (20231S) — Authorizing Supreme Court to develop pretrial release programs in all circuits

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1010%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1010)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1010%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1010)
3. **sb1010 hfa kelly 8-7 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/1X/floor_amends/sb1010 hfa kelly 8-7 _1 adopted adopted.htm)
4. **sb1010 hfa kelly 8-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2023/1X/floor_amends/sb1010 hfa kelly 8-7 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-08-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-08-06** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-08-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 3)
- **2023-08-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 4) `passage`
- **2023-08-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 4)
- **2023-08-06** Ordered to House
- **2023-08-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-08-08** Reference dispensed
- **2023-08-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 820)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed House (Roll No. 821) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 822)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** House Message received
- **2023-08-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 81)
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 81)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-10** To Governor 8/10/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-14** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-29** Chapter 30, Acts, 1st Extraordinary 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/61e20a87-b4c1-48e0-b910-d8dd16aba419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).