West Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 359 — Authorizing Supreme Court establish curricula for mental hygiene commissioners and certain magistrates

Last action — Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 24, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 40 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SB 359 changes the training requirements for mental hygiene commissioners in West Virginia. It eliminates the mandatory minimum of three days of training specific to mental health issues and addiction. This matters because it could affect the preparedness of these commissioners to handle sensitive cases involving involuntary hospitalization, potentially impacting the quality of care and legal processes for individuals experiencing mental health crises. Furthermore, the amendment allows the Supreme Court to define the training curriculum instead, which may lead to more standardized training practices.

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NEWS RELEASES HELPFUL LINKS Enrolled Version - Final Version « Senate Bill 359 History OTHER VERSIONS  —  Committee Substitute (1)  |  Introduced Version  |   |  Email Key:
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 359 Senators Trump, Unger, and Weld, original sponsors [Passed March 7, 2018’ in effect from passage]     AN ACT to amend and reenact §27-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to mental hygiene proceedings;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 359 By Senators Trump, Unger, and Weld [Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
Reported on February 15, 2018]     A BILL to amend and reenact §27-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to mental hygiene proceedings;
Mental hygiene commissioners shall be persons of good moral character and of standing in their profession and they shall, before assuming the duties of such commissioner, take the oath required of other special commissioners as provided in §6-1-1 et seq.
mental hygiene commissioners shall be persons of good moral character and of standing in their profession and they shall, before assuming the duties of such commissioner, take the oath required of other special commissioners as provided in §6-1-1 et seq.
All persons newly appointed to serve as mental hygiene commissioners shall attend and complete an orientation course, within one year of their appointment, consisting of training provided annually by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
All persons newly appointed to serve as mental hygiene commissioners shall attend and complete an orientation course, within one year of their appointment, consisting of at least three days of training provided annually by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Persons attending such courses outside the county of their residence shall be reimbursed out of the budget of the Supreme Court - General Judicial for reasonable expenses incurred.
which course shall include, but not be limited to, instruction on the manifestations of mental illness and addiction Persons attending such courses outside the county of their residence shall be reimbursed out of the budget of the Supreme Court - General Judicial for reasonable expenses incurred.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

  2. Approved by Governor 3/20/18

  3. To Governor 3/19/18

  4. Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal

  6. To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal

  7. To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. Effective from passage (Roll No. 369)

  12. Passed House (Roll No. 368)

  13. Read 3rd time

  14. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  15. Read 2nd time

  16. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  17. Read 1st time

  18. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  19. Do pass

  20. To House Finance

  21. Do pass, but first to Finance

  22. To House Judiciary

  23. To Judiciary then Finance

  24. Introduced in House

  25. Ordered to House

  26. Effective from passage (Roll No. 177)

  27. Passed Senate (Roll No. 177)

  28. Read 3rd time

  29. On 3rd reading

  30. Read 2nd time

  31. On 2nd reading

  32. Read 1st time

  33. On 1st reading

  34. Reported do pass

  35. To Finance

  36. Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance

  37. To Judiciary

  38. Introduced in Senate

  39. To Judiciary then Finance

  40. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Unger · Cosponsor
  • Trump · Primary
  • Ryan Weld · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Trump

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

EFFECT FROM PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Republican 26000
Democrat 4000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Blair — Not Voting
Lane — Yea
Romine, C. — Yea
Romine, R. — Yea
Foster — Yea
Martin — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Deem — Not Voting
Folk — Yea
Frich — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Love — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Marcum — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sobonya — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Upson — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Walters — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Evans, A. — Yea
Speaker Armstead — Yea
Evans, E. — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Fast — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Isner — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Ambler — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Ferro — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Graves — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Iaquinta — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lynch — Yea
Miley — Yea
Moye — Yea
Overington — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilson — Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Guy Ward Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democrat 4000
Republican 26000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Blair — Not Voting
Lane — Yea
Romine, C. — Yea
Deem — Not Voting
Ferro — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Romine, R. — Yea
Foster — Yea
Martin — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Walters — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Bates — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Capito — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Folk — Yea
Frich — Yea
Graves — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hill — Yea
Householder — Yea
Iaquinta — Yea
Isner — Yea
Lynch — Yea
Marcum — Yea
Overington — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Shott — Yea
Sobonya — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Upson — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Evans, A. — Yea
Speaker Armstead — Yea
Evans, E. — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Ambler — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Fast — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Love — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Moye — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Wilson — Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Hamilton Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Guy Ward Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30001
Republican 3000
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
ARVON — Yea
GAUNCH — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
KARNES — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Not Voting
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
OJEDA — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
WELD — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
FERNS — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare education
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