---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license"
description: "Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2083"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2083 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pushkin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb3533e-c040-4986-9d43-2f262083aefe"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2083&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5608de6ffcc25497b03f668e8dbe997197e7c8059b91454655ab586bae5cecac"
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 HB 2083 (2019) — Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license

## 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=HB2083%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2083)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2083%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2083)
3. **HB2083 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2083 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2083 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2083 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-28 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2083 SFAT _2 TRUMP 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2083 SFAT _2 TRUMP 3-6 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2083%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2083)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pushkin — primary (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miley — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Shott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-24** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2019-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 39) `passage`
- **2019-01-29** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-30** House Message received
- **2019-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2019-03-05** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 376) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2019-03-06** Trump Title amendment adopted
- **2019-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 729)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 58, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb3533e-c040-4986-9d43-2f262083aefe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).