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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person"
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description: "Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 397"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 397 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Human Services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-26"
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last_action: "2018-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0ab096d-0aa8-48c7-b338-d91b8121f562"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=397&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "a2153e3d802a122fbd39edbcd7bee0df607c3760891e811df003b757862c235f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 397 (2018) — Creating crime of impersonating blind or disabled person
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB397%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=397)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Sypolt — primary (person)
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- Cline — cosponsor (person)
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- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-09** Committee substitute reported
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- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading
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- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 113) `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** Ordered to House
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- **2018-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Do pass
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- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 319) `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-06** House Message received
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- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-04-23** Chapter 58, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0ab096d-0aa8-48c7-b338-d91b8121f562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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