---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating workgroup to review hospice need standards"
description: "Creating workgroup to review hospice need standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "West Virginia SB 537 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boso"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f39fab04-6d1f-47ca-9e1c-c5b0837ad4f7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=537&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e0f83dca24c7af0ee676871d330bf406dc5193e988f751754863a26e0bc76303"
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 537 (2019) — Creating workgroup to review hospice need standards

## 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=SB537%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=537)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB537%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=537)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB537%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=537)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boso — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 245) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-02** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7/19
- **2019-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 536) `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Taken up for further consideration
- **2019-03-07** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** House Message received
- **2019-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 418)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-19** To Governor 3/19/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 208, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f39fab04-6d1f-47ca-9e1c-c5b0837ad4f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).