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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing"
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description: "Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 491"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 491 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-01-30"
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last_action: "2019-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b026be40-11de-4371-8466-0b5e89a1e4f1"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=491&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "6cd049395264209698a7ecd8adf4f7496d6b944ea4e1dfb8d4bea40298aba83e"
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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 491 (2019) — Extending effective date for voter registration in conjunction with driver licensing
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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=SB491%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB491%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=491)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **61–38** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **83–17** (pass) · lower
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- SHALL THE BILL BE REJECTED? — **38–57** (fail) · lower
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- HFA ROBINSON 3-4 — **44–56** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Trump — primary (person)
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- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2019-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Committee substitute reported
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- **2019-02-08** On 1st reading
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- **2019-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-11** On 2nd reading
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- **2019-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-12** On 3rd reading
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- **2019-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 120) `passage`
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- **2019-02-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 120)
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- **2019-02-12** Ordered to House
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- **2019-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2019-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-01** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-03-02** Motion to reject bill on first reading rejected (Roll No. 414)
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- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 435)
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- **2019-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 460) `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2019-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 461)
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- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
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- **2019-03-06** House Message received
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- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 371)
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- **2019-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 371)
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- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
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- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
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- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
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- **2019-03-19** To Governor 3/19/19 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/19/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
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- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
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- **2019-04-16** Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
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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/b026be40-11de-4371-8466-0b5e89a1e4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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