---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles"
description: "Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "West Virginia SB 583 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6891b240-1b3f-473e-aa83-76b88a950a1c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=583&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "382114ade795e77f5d8aa3f3d283cf67f29017483f5df30ad69733f900e03f83"
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 583 (2024) — Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles

## 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=sb583%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
5. **sb583 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb583 s jud am _2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20s%20jud%20am%20_2-22%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb583 s jud amt _2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20s%20jud%20amt%20_2-22%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **86–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stuart — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary
- **2024-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2024-02-20** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-02-20** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 260) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 260)
- **2024-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 668) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 669)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 486)
- **2024-03-09** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 486)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 1, 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/6891b240-1b3f-473e-aa83-76b88a950a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).