---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying notification requirements for property insurance purposes"
description: "Clarifying notification requirements for property insurance purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "West Virginia SB 485 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e5ec217-b227-4db4-929f-648449cd41ac"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=485&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a923c6e2e47ecd01044fc6666c5d5776649d9731a55cdf8f2b31c82281b47005"
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 485 (2019) — Clarifying notification requirements for property insurance purposes

## 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=SB485%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=485)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB485%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=485)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB485%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=485)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 202) `passage`
- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Do pass
- **2019-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 528) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 529)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 144, 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/5e5ec217-b227-4db4-929f-648449cd41ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).