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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer"
+description: "Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5638"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5638 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-17"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41dc8ba5-20a8-4cd9-a072-0fd153dd4995"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5638&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "56732c0ccf82014ffc4aeff701022ec8b343a1e7982cacb19863cc0f796cc430"
+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 5638 (2026) — Relating to the requirements of the state’s cyber security program and responsibilities and authority of the state chief information security officer
+
+## 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=hb5638%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5638)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5638%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5638)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5638%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5638)
+4. **hb5638 s gov am _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5638%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Linville — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-17** To Energy and Public Works
+- **2026-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-17** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-25** Do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 251) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 514) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 644)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** 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 192, 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/41dc8ba5-20a8-4cd9-a072-0fd153dd4995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+