---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual"
description: "Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2183"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2183 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcb83a65-aa29-4000-9853-448a98225aaf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2183&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f08efe5fd811a912d53e3e956fb6686a1cb8ac44d3640c65c791e32c5b37db34"
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 2183 (2019) — Clarifying where a charge of DUI may be brought against an individual

## 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=HB2183%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2183)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2183%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2183)
3. **HB2183 S JUD AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2183 S JUD AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2183%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2183)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-01-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-01-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-17** Passed House (Roll No. 6) `passage`
- **2019-01-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-18** House Message received
- **2019-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 329) `passage`
- **2019-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 437)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/9/19 `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 262, 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/fcb83a65-aa29-4000-9853-448a98225aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).