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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles"
+description: "Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 583"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 583 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Stuart"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-29"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6891b240-1b3f-473e-aa83-76b88a950a1c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=583&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "382114ade795e77f5d8aa3f3d283cf67f29017483f5df30ad69733f900e03f83"
+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 583 (2024) — Relating to employer liability and damages in civil actions involving commercial motor vehicles
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb583%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=583)
+5. **sb583 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb583 s jud am _2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20s%20jud%20am%20_2-22%20adopted.htm)
+7. **sb583 s jud amt _2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb583%20s%20jud%20amt%20_2-22%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **81–15** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **86–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Stuart — primary (person)
+- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary
+- **2024-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-01-29** To Transportation and Infrastructure
+- **2024-02-20** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
+- **2024-02-20** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-20** Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 260) `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 260)
+- **2024-02-26** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 668) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 669)
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 486)
+- **2024-03-09** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 486)
+- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
+- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 1, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6891b240-1b3f-473e-aa83-76b88a950a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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