---
type: "Bill"
title: "Determining indigency for public defender services"
description: "Determining indigency for public defender services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "West Virginia SB 408 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc31fd8e-8411-4f6d-a6f2-0ae1985ebf6f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=408&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c8b414fa418ad297e223c094569c400d32b96d3d45a15b18d6ede7e700cd8d25"
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 408 (2019) — Determining indigency for public defender services

## 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=SB408%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=408)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 107) `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Special Calender
- **2019-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-01** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/2/19
- **2019-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 407) `passage`
- **2019-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-04** House Message received
- **2019-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 327)
- **2019-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-11** To Governor 3/11/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/11/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/2219 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 116, 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/dc31fd8e-8411-4f6d-a6f2-0ae1985ebf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).