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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To establish the blue envelope program."
+description: "To establish the blue envelope program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4053"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4053 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4053&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "18d3b33924e9750180bab7f563c3ab6fb8512d86e326150113ec3f423f50b81d"
+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 HB 4053 (2026) — To establish the blue envelope program.
+
+## 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=hb4053%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
+5. **hb4053 hfa akers 2-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20hfa%20akers%202-4%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4053 sfa maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20sfa%20maynard%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb4053 sfat maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20sfat%20maynard%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hall — primary (person)
+- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-05** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-11** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources
+- **2026-02-11** To Transportation and Infrastructure
+- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 392) `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
+- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 496)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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