West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 35 — Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000

Last action — Chapter 80, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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  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 08, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

9 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 35 changes the title to clarify that it focuses on setting the civil penalty for littering offenses. It establishes a penalty range of between $200 and $2,000 for those convicted of littering. This change is significant as it provides a clear financial consequence aimed at discouraging littering, which can help improve the environment and public spaces in West Virginia.

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SB35 Pethel and Shott AM #1 Reese  3133   Delegates Pethel and Shott moved to amend the bill on page four, subsection (c), subdivision (1), at line eighty-five, after the words “penalty of”, by striking the words, “up to $2,000”, and inserting the words, “not less than $200 nor more than $2,000“.
SB35 HFAT Shott 2-12      Cline - 3258                        Delegate Shott moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
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– “A Bill to amend and reenact §22-15A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to limiting the civil penalty for persons convicted of littering to not less than $200 nor more than $2,000.”
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Action History

  1. Chapter 80, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 3/2/20 - House Journal

  3. Approved by Governor 3/2/20

  4. To Governor 2/25/20 - House Journal

  5. To Governor 2/25/20

  6. House received Senate message

  7. Completed legislative action

  8. Communicated to House

  9. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 137)

  10. House Message received

  11. Communicated to Senate

  12. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  13. Passed House (Roll No. 146)

  14. Read 3rd time

  15. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  16. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  17. Read 2nd time

  18. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  19. Read 1st time

  20. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  21. Do pass

  22. To House Judiciary

  23. To Judiciary

  24. Introduced in House

  25. Ordered to House

  26. Passed Senate (Roll No. 2)

  27. Read 3rd time

  28. On 3rd reading

  29. Read 2nd time

  30. On 2nd reading

  31. Read 1st time

  32. On 1st reading

  33. Committee substitute reported

  34. To Judiciary

  35. Introduced in Senate

  36. To Judiciary

  37. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 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

PASSAGE

Passed 85 Yea · 9 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 59704
Republican 21202
Democrat 5000
Total 85906
% of votes cast 85%9%0%6%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Angelucci — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Shott — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Kump — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Evans — Yea
Little — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Fast — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Steele — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bates — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Summers — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Foster — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Graves — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Pack — Yea
Walker — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Hill — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Capito — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Householder — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Brown, N. — Nay
Jeffries, J. — Nay
Hardy — Nay
Lovejoy — Nay
Paynter — Nay
Hicks — Nay
Thompson, R. — Nay
Rodighiero — Not Voting
Espinosa — Not Voting
Linville — Not Voting
Swartzmiller — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat 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
Betsy Kelly Republican Not Voting
Carl Martin Republican Nay
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Nay
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Not Voting

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Passage

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 29003
Total 31003
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Not Voting
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Not Voting
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

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SB 35 is sponsored by Charles H. Clements (Republican).
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