republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-36.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating generally to DNA testing	Relating generally to DNA testing	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 36	West Virginia SB 36 (2018)	bill	Public Safety	enacted	Woelfel	3	37	2	2018-01-10	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8f53436d-4763-46fc-a1da-1e3fe6198589	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=36&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1f5bc13f7ef41867af32f31a309eff017db68e98e28d64f20f98b34474d34371	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 36 (2018) — Relating generally to DNA testing

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Woelfel — primary (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-01-10 To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-10 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-01-10 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2018-01-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-09 Committee substitute reported
• 2018-02-12 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-13 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-14 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-14 Laid over on 3rd reading 2/14/18
• 2018-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-15 Passed Senate (Roll No. 121) passage
• 2018-02-15 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-03 Do pass
• 2018-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-07 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-07 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-07 Passed House (Roll No. 363) passage
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-08 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-19 To Governor 3/19/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f53436d-4763-46fc-a1da-1e3fe6198589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).