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legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5325.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating an emeritus license status for retired physicians, podiatric physicians and physician assistants who meet eligibility criteria."
+description: "Creating an emeritus license status for retired physicians, podiatric physicians and physician assistants who meet eligibility criteria."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5325"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5325 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db51b33e-5436-44dc-88f9-49840d29b69d"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5325&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ca206e2379964d4a8f642021ace362127dcd29072ea39c26dac4737fe0fb592f"
+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 5325 (2026) — Creating an emeritus license status for retired physicians, podiatric physicians and physician assistants who meet eligibility criteria.
+
+## 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=hb5325%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5325)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5325%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5325)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5325%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5325)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rohrbach — primary (person)
+- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Do pass
+- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 305) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2026-03-09** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 467) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `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 261, 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/db51b33e-5436-44dc-88f9-49840d29b69d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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