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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act"
+description: "Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 402"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 402 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-15"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49ac2fb4-d8c7-4ccf-9933-23d69954a42a"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=402&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "f06a1282eab464a176eb3bf9fcca96bf1a2fa9dd76539b1531c432e82a2acff5"
+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 SB 402 (2026) — Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act
+
+## 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=sb402%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=402)
+2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb402%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=402)
+3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb402%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=402)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb402%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=402)
+5. **sb402 hfin am adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb402%20hfin%20am%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb402 hfin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb402%20hfin%20amt%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-15** To Workforce then Finance
+- **2026-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-15** To Workforce
+- **2026-01-28** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2026-01-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
+- **2026-02-21** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 209) `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-25** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 389) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 656)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **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`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 293, 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/49ac2fb4-d8c7-4ccf-9933-23d69954a42a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+