---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards"
description: "Requiring Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 851"
citation: "West Virginia SB 851 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f6697bf-72d7-4a42-9909-2b49a117d728"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=851&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e166af13f14a697339bacc04b6d2fe884bed9bcb8ca6b89e29e7d7f511e655f0"
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 851 (2020) — Requiring Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards

## 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=SB851%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=851)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB851%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=851)
3. **SB851 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB851 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **SB851 HFA KESSINGER 3-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB851 HFA KESSINGER 3-4 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB851 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB851 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **60–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-24** Originating in Senate Judiciary
- **2020-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 340) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 594) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House receded and passed (Roll No. 773)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - 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 294, 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/5f6697bf-72d7-4a42-9909-2b49a117d728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).