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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices"
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description: "Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 136"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 136 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Swope"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ba2e44-4c7f-48e0-9118-4897e9e9496d"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=136&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "246f87d26a65a19aa56528f93409878996f470caa5f89e04b21e293a90261423"
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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 136 (2020) — Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices
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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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB136%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=136)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB136%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=136)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB136%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=136)
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4. **SB136 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB136 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
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5. **SB136 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB136 HFAT SHOTT 3-4 adopted.htm)
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6. **SB136 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB136 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-6 adopted.htm)
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7. **SB136 SFAT _1 TRUMP 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB136 SFAT _1 TRUMP 2-7 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **57–41** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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- HFA BYRD & FLUHARTY 3-3 — **48–51** (fail) · lower
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- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Swope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute reported
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- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading
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- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 81) `passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Ordered to House
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- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 469)
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- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 492) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-06** House Message received
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- **2020-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 474)
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- **2020-03-06** Communicated to House
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- **2020-03-06** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
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- **2020-03-06** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 533)
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- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 708)
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- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-07** House Message received
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- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-04-14** Chapter 311, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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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/f5ba2e44-4c7f-48e0-9118-4897e9e9496d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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