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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member"
+description: "Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 553"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 553 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Woelfel"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4cd86e-bfe9-4902-ae61-0f18375d7eae"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=553&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "07e2a56a649c1a53ef199f251a9756ada9d1600163f616c8a553d04724d77b8e"
+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 553 (2026) — Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb553%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=553)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb553%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=553)
+3. **sb553 hfa phillips 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb553%20hfa%20phillips%203-10%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **91–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Woelfel — primary (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-21** To Workforce
+- **2026-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-21** To Workforce
+- **2026-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 164) `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-13** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 535) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 657)
+- **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`
+- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 233, 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/ef4cd86e-bfe9-4902-ae61-0f18375d7eae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+