---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating criminal penalties for violation of orders issued for protection of victims of financial exploitation"
description: "Creating criminal penalties for violation of orders issued for protection of victims of financial exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "West Virginia SB 308 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a535e7e-23ae-4c76-b215-8aa4c7cf16b1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=308&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "33fff5fc6b4c176ee859f1298c6eb1842c02811542bc29e7b90780d6999fc88c"
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 308 (2020) — Creating criminal penalties for violation of orders issued for protection of victims of financial exploitation

## 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=SB308%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=308)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB308%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=308)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB308%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=308)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB308%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=308)
5. **SB308 SFA TRUMP 2-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB308 SFA TRUMP 2-3 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB308 SFAT _3 TRUMP 2-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB308 SFAT _3 TRUMP 2-3 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-03** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/3/20
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
- **2020-02-06** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Do pass
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 564) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 85, 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/2a535e7e-23ae-4c76-b215-8aa4c7cf16b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).