---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to automobile warranties and inspections"
description: "Relating generally to automobile warranties and inspections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "West Virginia SB 543 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc74f46a-d8b6-4a6a-b37a-bb1144dcc0d8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=543&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "81cd6f81db4313a7b2be4bdd51526f3e125b2fc37ce415339e214c474cf514ec"
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 543 (2019) — Relating generally to automobile warranties and inspections

## 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=SB543%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=543)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB543%20SUB2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=543)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB543%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=543)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB543%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=543)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- HFA BYRD & COWLES 3-6 — **31–68** (fail) · lower
- COMMIT TO JUDICIARY — **36–62** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **78–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-07** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2019-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2019-02-21** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2019-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2019-02-23** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-25** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 273) `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 273)
- **2019-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Motion bill be committed to Judiciary rejected (Roll No. 477)
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2019-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 572)
- **2019-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 610) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 611)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 487)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 487)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 50, 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/fc74f46a-d8b6-4a6a-b37a-bb1144dcc0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).