---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations"
description: "Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "West Virginia SB 272 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b902dea-ac27-4144-a211-c2997aa84782"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=272&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d477de04386c17e2b84891a743053a3b0a956e9309d960e19230316a6f25752c"
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 272 (2019) — Updating code relating to Commission on Special Investigations

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=272)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=272)
3. **SB272 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB272 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-20 adopted.htm)
4. **SB272 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB272 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 2-20 adopted.htm)
5. **Second Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20ENR2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=272)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-MEET OBJ. OF GOV. — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16** On 1st reading
- **2019-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** On 2nd reading
- **2019-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** On 3rd reading
- **2019-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-01-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 10) `passage`
- **2019-01-18** Ordered to House
- **2019-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Do pass
- **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. 37) `passage`
- **2019-01-29** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 38)
- **2019-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-01-31** House Message received
- **2019-01-31** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2019-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 43) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 43)
- **2019-01-31** Communicated to House
- **2019-01-31** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-01** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-05** To Governor 2/5/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-06** To Governor 2/5/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-06** To Governor 2/5/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11** Vetoed by Governor 2/11/19 `executive-veto`
- **2019-02-20** Vetoed by Governor 2/11/19 - Senate Journal `executive-veto`
- **2019-02-21** Vetoed by Governor 2/11/19 - House Journal `executive-veto`
- **2019-02-20** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2019-02-20** Senate amended, repassed bill as result of Governor's Veto (Roll No. 170)
- **2019-02-20** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-02-21** House received Senate message
- **2019-02-21** House reconsidered its action
- **2019-02-21** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-21** Repassed House to meet the objections of the Governor (Roll No. 245)
- **2019-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 246)
- **2019-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-22** Completed legislative action
- **2019-02-22** Effective ninety days from passage
- **2019-02-22** To Governor 2/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/28/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 114, 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/1b902dea-ac27-4144-a211-c2997aa84782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).