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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to pharmaceutical benefits"
+description: "Relating to pharmaceutical benefits"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5430"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5430 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Human Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f09d2827-2c64-4242-888a-2c06e88e5afa"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5430&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "52208623fce899c1798cf19586d9d79c4639b27916b605d93a8998ffaf8b1869"
+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 5430 (2026) — Relating to pharmaceutical benefits
+
+## 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=hb5430%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5430)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5430%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5430)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5430%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5430)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5430%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5430)
+5. **hb5430 hfa worrell 2-18 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5430%20hfa%20worrell%202-18%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb5430 s hhr am _ 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5430%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%203-2%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb5430 sfa helton _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5430%20sfa%20helton%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb5430 sfat helton _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5430%20sfat%20helton%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Worrell — primary (person)
+- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-11** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-11** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-17** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 153) `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `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 amendment reported
+- **2026-03-09** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 412) `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
+- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 413)
+- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 504)
+- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 505)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 250, 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/f09d2827-2c64-4242-888a-2c06e88e5afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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