---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing certain members of federal judiciary perform marriages"
description: "Authorizing certain members of federal judiciary perform marriages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 664"
citation: "West Virginia SB 664 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/785509dc-4114-426b-846e-72a6560ea48b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=664&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "29130e3cfc0c54709865bccec8752cb9f81c8b4bb951d07a9e9d11329f7cdb0c"
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 664 (2019) — Authorizing certain members of federal judiciary perform marriages

## 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=SB664%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=664)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB664%20ORG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=664)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Beach — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Hardesty — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Originating in Senate Judiciary
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 211) `passage`
- **2019-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 211)
- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Do pass
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 467) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 468)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 84, 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/785509dc-4114-426b-846e-72a6560ea48b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).