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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities"
+description: "Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 556"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 556 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-21"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=556&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a3d52b851d370a43af03ae7cc1e1bf8e0455433c78d9007793dc8778c1e83d80"
+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 556 (2026) — Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities
+
+## 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=sb556%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
+4. **sb556 s fin amt _1 1-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb556%20s%20fin%20amt%20_1%201-28%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **77–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Martin — primary (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading
+- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 37) `passage`
+- **2026-02-03** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-04** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-04** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-09** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2026-03-09** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **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`
+- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 390) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-11** House Message received
+- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `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 193, 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/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+