---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex"
description: "Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "West Virginia SB 18 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8582b136-59bc-47fb-b4da-47b32cc17e24"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=18&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "01f659aad9dad1da01bcd6f54d7b37ae1f53482324813ea30b07f534cc6e584a"
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 18 (2019) — Relating to crimes committed on State Capitol Complex

## 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=SB18%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=18)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB18%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=18)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB18%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=18)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB18%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=18)
5. **SB18 SFA _1 TRUMP 1-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB18 SFA _1 TRUMP 1-21 adopted.htm)
6. **SB18 SFAT _1 TRUMP 1-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB18 SFAT _1 TRUMP 1-21 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — 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 Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-01-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-23** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 22) `passage`
- **2019-01-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 22)
- **2019-01-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Do pass
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 130) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 131)
- **2019-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-13** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-14** House Message received
- **2019-02-19** To Governor 2/19/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** To Governor 2/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-20** To Governor 2/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-26** Approved by Governor 2/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 68, 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/8582b136-59bc-47fb-b4da-47b32cc17e24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).