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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating generally to kidnapping"
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description: "Relating generally to kidnapping"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 537"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 537 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-02"
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last_action: "2021-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29259d5-883e-4a6e-91e8-e6dcc42ff438"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=537&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "9ed308aba21a423609021011519626262a1166dfb95123e20547973b4648ce39"
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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 537 (2021) — Relating generally to kidnapping
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB537%20enr.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=537)
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2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB537%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=537)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Azinger — primary (person)
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- Beach — cosponsor (person)
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- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
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- Grady — cosponsor (person)
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- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
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- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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- Weld — cosponsor (person)
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- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-02** Originating in Senate Judiciary
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- **2021-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-03** On 1st reading
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- **2021-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-04** On 2nd reading
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- **2021-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** On 3rd reading
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- **2021-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Ordered to House
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- **2021-03-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2021-03-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Do pass
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- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 557) `passage`
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- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2021-04-10** House Message received
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- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
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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/d29259d5-883e-4a6e-91e8-e6dcc42ff438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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