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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV"
+description: "Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 518"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 518 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-01"
+last_action: "2022-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de0eb2ad-f264-4186-862e-b0fb02b46a11"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=518&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b730ba886e895d34057a91084f25cceedcf83e6c6b190aac6cb741d9161f617f"
+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 518 (2022) — Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV
+
+## 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=SB518%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=518)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB518%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=518)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB518%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=518)
+4. **SB518 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB518 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB518 HFAT ROHRBACH 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB518 HFAT ROHRBACH 3-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blair — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-02-01** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-02-01** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-25** Committee substitute reported
+- **2022-02-28** On 1st reading
+- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading
+- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 288) `passage`
+- **2022-03-02** Ordered to House
+- **2022-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-03-03** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-03** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 489) `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 490)
+- **2022-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 495)
+- **2022-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 495)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-04-20** Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de0eb2ad-f264-4186-862e-b0fb02b46a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+