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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to workers' compensation claims"
description: "Relating generally to workers' compensation claims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "West Virginia SB 531 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f359dbd1-b72c-47cf-9976-43f1fd7703ad"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=531&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d682b081f8a8e79c7be1588681a9211266ef5189c075d8c997799d8f62658d62"
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 531 (2019) — Relating generally to workers' compensation claims
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB531%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=531)
4. **SB531 S B_I AM _1 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/SB531 S B_I AM _1 2-18 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **6435** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Trump — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-05** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 205) `passage`
- **2019-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Do pass
- **2019-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-06** House Message received
- **2019-03-06** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 372) `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 265, 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/f359dbd1-b72c-47cf-9976-43f1fd7703ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).