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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability"
+description: "Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 6"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 6 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Corporations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5807986a-b741-46ca-9b35-f4ae9ee0069f"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=6&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d5f0358f795031dd4970eb1689d6692bc03ad518d5a14a48396465e6771736ec"
+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 6 (2022) — Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability
+
+## 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=SB6%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
+5. **SB6 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB6 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **SB6 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB6 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm)
+7. **SB6 SFA ROMANO AND TRUMP _1 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFA ROMANO AND TRUMP _1 2-9 adopted.htm)
+8. **SB6 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
+9. **SB6 SFAT TRUMP _1 2-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFAT TRUMP _1 2-10 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trump — primary (person)
+- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute reported
+- **2022-02-07** On 1st reading
+- **2022-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-02-08** Laid over on 2nd reading 02/08/2022
+- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-02-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 94) `passage`
+- **2022-02-10** Ordered to House
+- **2022-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **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)
+- **2022-03-09** 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. 471) `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 483)
+- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
+- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
+- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 663) `passage`
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-23** To Governor 3/23/2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/22 - 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 176, 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/5807986a-b741-46ca-9b35-f4ae9ee0069f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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