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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to survivor benefits for emergency response providers"
description: "Relating generally to survivor benefits for emergency response providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "West Virginia SB 291 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de3f40a-820e-4e4d-815d-427aae8afcee"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=291&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f389ba72a6cf7dd4cf5f5b1037b7a795d521d992133bf8a3c8cdc8ef96abef13"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 291 (2019) — Relating generally to survivor benefits for emergency response providers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=291)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=291)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=291)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=291)
5. **SB291 SFA _1 BLAIR 2-12adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/SB291 SFA _1 BLAIR 2-12adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2019 — **980** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-14** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 128)
- **2019-02-13** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 588) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 589)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 522)
- **2019-03-09** Effective July 1, 2019 (Roll No. 522)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-22** To Governor 3/22/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 239, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de3f40a-820e-4e4d-815d-427aae8afcee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).