---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance"
description: "Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2419"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2419 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/845d75ad-2d0c-49f3-aa89-96a1fa53a1bf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2419&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "50788b4a66fe8534b777d57ce51d40db3154d0ad2469a56d39be37408d9d5bb0"
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 HB 2419 (2020) — Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance

## 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=HB2419%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2419)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2419%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2419)
3. **HB2419 S JUD AM _1 adopted - Copy.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2419 S JUD AM _1 adopted - Copy.htm)
4. **HB2419 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2419 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2419 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2419 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2419 SFAT _1 WELD _ Trump 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2419 SFAT _1 WELD _ Trump 3-7 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2419%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2419)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- HFA CANESTRARO 1-28 — **35–60** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **25–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 51) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 54) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20 with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-07** Reported by clerk
- **2020-03-07** Deferred until foot of 3rd
- **2020-03-07** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-07** Trump Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Plymale Amendment to committee amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 572) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-07** Weld Title amendment adopted
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 740)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/845d75ad-2d0c-49f3-aa89-96a1fa53a1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).