republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-479.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	Relating to WV veterans service decoration and WV Service Cross	Relating to WV veterans service decoration and WV Service Cross	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 479	West Virginia SB 479 (2021)	bill	Military and Veterans	enacted	Weld	4	38	1	2021-03-01	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/792912c0-91ab-4b8a-8211-4b7ab23988b8	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=479&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a46c323df67d4b8d5642ef9000b377dc4ab0020d1228cbdd9284bae4e63b3645	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 479 (2021) — Relating to WV veterans service decoration and WV Service Cross

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
4. SB479 H GO AM _1 3-30 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB479 H GO AM _1 3-30 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Weld — primary (person)
• Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• Romano — cosponsor (person)
• Stollings — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-01 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-03-01 To Military
• 2021-03-01 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-01 To Military
• 2021-03-18 Committee substitute reported
• 2021-03-19 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-19 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-22 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-23 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-23 Passed Senate (Roll No. 176) passage
• 2021-03-23 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-24 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-24 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2021-04-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-05 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-06 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Passed House (Roll No. 463) passage
• 2021-04-06 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-07 House Message received
• 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 337)
• 2021-04-07 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-07 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-07 House received Senate message
• 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 274, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/792912c0-91ab-4b8a-8211-4b7ab23988b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).