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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education"
+description: "Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4951"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4951 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63908029-96df-4000-9034-408de6a4455f"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4951&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "34d1a5d7b26b0d2ba55e3ce5dcd5ea1981ed873a32c68b2437c50295064dc999"
+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 4951 (2026) — Requiring MDs and DOs to complete continuing education
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4951%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4951)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4951%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4951)
+3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4951%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4951)
+4. **hb4951 sfa takubo _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4951%20sfa%20takubo%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **58–35** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **79–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Worrell — primary (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-29** Originating in House Health and Human Resources
+- **2026-01-29** Do pass
+- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 42) `passage`
+- **2026-02-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 43)
+- **2026-02-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **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** Committee amendments withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2026-03-09** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 405) `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 406)
+- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-13** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 688)
+- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 689)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 260, 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/63908029-96df-4000-9034-408de6a4455f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+