republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-439.md

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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	Allowing use or nonuse of safety belt as admissible evidence in civil actions	Allowing use or nonuse of safety belt as admissible evidence in civil actions	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 439	West Virginia SB 439 (2021)	bill	Actions Suits and Liens	enacted	Swope	6	50	1	2021-02-24	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/9d5a1fce-e2b8-4f3e-ad4e-c0aaa08c0777	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=439&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	3195e0b0994fa6c6e3c151da8f92b2e33c8cf3e7bbb94f2b5ac757fc5a62fbcf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 439 (2021) — Allowing use or nonuse of safety belt as admissible evidence in civil actions

Version chain

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

1. Amendment adopted (Roll No. 399) (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. SB439 HFA STEELE 4-1 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB439 HFA STEELE 4-1 _1 adopted.htm)
6. SB439 SFA _2 TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB439 SFA _2 TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Swope — primary (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-24 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-02-24 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Committee substitute reported
• 2021-03-04 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-04 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-05 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-08 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-08 Laid over on 3rd reading 3/8/21
• 2021-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-09 Passed Senate (Roll No. 103) passage
• 2021-03-09 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-10 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Do pass
• 2021-03-25 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-25 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-26 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-26 Placed on House Calendar
• 2021-03-31 On 2nd reading, House Calendar
• 2021-03-31 Placed on Special Calender
• 2021-03-31 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-31 Amendment pending
• 2021-04-01 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-01 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2021-04-01 Amendment adopted (Roll No. 399)
• 2021-04-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-01 Passed House (Roll No. 400) passage
• 2021-04-01 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-06 House Message received
• 2021-04-06 Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 318)
• 2021-04-06 Senate requests House to concur
• 2021-04-07 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-07 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
• 2021-04-07 Motion to reconsider rejected (Roll No. 503)
• 2021-04-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-07 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-08 House Message received
• 2021-04-13 To Governor 4/13/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/13/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
• 2021-04-19 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-05-24 Chapter 2, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d5a1fce-e2b8-4f3e-ad4e-c0aaa08c0777. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).