---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating cold case database"
description: "Creating cold case database"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 539"
citation: "West Virginia SB 539 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1519663-08ad-4d1a-af25-db4cc1909c47"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=539&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "632d235b42f1172cbdb70432aba8d4a9726ee4d4968e44a9c6efe8160adbfed3"
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 539 (2024) — Creating cold case database

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb539%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=539)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb539%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=539)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb539%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=539)
4. **sb539 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb539%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb539 hfat fast 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb539%20hfat%20fast%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 94) `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 433) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 349)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** To Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 232, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1519663-08ad-4d1a-af25-db4cc1909c47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).