---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expunging certain criminal convictions"
description: "Expunging certain criminal convictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "West Virginia SB 562 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82b2ca87-33b9-4c71-aa41-dd202ebddcf4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=562&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "49d403643ad7d5aa5dc70e04ef788392ff795cefd9545ad4af47ad251c663ad2"
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 562 (2020) — Expunging certain criminal convictions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB562%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=562)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB562%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=562)
3. **SB562 HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB562 HJUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **SB562 HJUD AM _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB562 HJUD AM _1 as amended adopted.htm)
5. **SB562 SFA _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB562 SFA _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm)
6. **SB562 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB562 SFAT _1 TAKUBO 3-4 adopted.htm)
7. **SB562 SHOTT AM _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB562 SHOTT AM _1 adopted adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 194) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2020-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 441) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-05** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 469)
- **2020-03-05** 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. 772)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** 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 87, 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/82b2ca87-33b9-4c71-aa41-dd202ebddcf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).