---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident"
description: "Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "West Virginia SB 73 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb40c20a-9a66-47a5-b283-89a3a483d3df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=73&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "540562bfce2edc4133c6f022b0decfdd93915565f3dbe15a2b86c02acedf2834"
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 73 (2018) — Modifying crime of fleeing from scene of accident

## 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=SB73%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=73)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB73%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=73)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB73%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=73)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-17** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-19** On 3rd reading
- **2018-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 1) `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Ordered to House
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Do pass
- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-06** House Message received
- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 241, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb40c20a-9a66-47a5-b283-89a3a483d3df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).