---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing"
description: "Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "West Virginia SB 491 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b026be40-11de-4371-8466-0b5e89a1e4f1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=491&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6cd049395264209698a7ecd8adf4f7496d6b944ea4e1dfb8d4bea40298aba83e"
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 491 (2019) — Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing

## 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=SB491%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **61–38** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- SHALL THE BILL BE REJECTED? — **38–57** (fail) · lower
- HFA ROBINSON 3-4 — **44–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-08** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 120) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 120)
- **2019-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Motion to reject bill on first reading rejected (Roll No. 414)
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 435)
- **2019-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 460) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 461)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 371)
- **2019-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 371)
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-19** To Governor 3/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - 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 101, 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/b026be40-11de-4371-8466-0b5e89a1e4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).