republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-539.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	Increasing limit for settling claims against DOH	Increasing limit for settling claims against DOH	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 539	West Virginia SB 539 (2018)	bill	Roads and Transportation	enacted	Trump	2	33	2	2018-02-14	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/acdacbb8-4c19-4dd4-8d76-f048efc064ee	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=539&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	2d8ca1dba2e68e3c44e74d1482981d829dbc4814e93407e52f7c3da30471b472	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 539 (2018) — Increasing limit for settling claims against DOH

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Trump — primary (person)
• Stollings — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2018-02-22 On 1st reading
• 2018-02-22 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-23 On 2nd reading
• 2018-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-26 On 3rd reading
• 2018-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Passed Senate (Roll No. 196) passage
• 2018-02-26 Ordered to House
• 2018-02-27 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-27 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-27 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Do pass
• 2018-03-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-05 Passed House (Roll No. 321) passage
• 2018-03-05 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-05 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-06 House Message received
• 2018-03-09 To Governor 3/9/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-22 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 executive-signature
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
• 2018-04-23 Chapter 38, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acdacbb8-4c19-4dd4-8d76-f048efc064ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).