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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements"
+description: "Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 59"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 59 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe3150a-a8db-4e75-b4cf-a09929a7c700"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=59&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "dd63f5e69320eff3a41906284f2caa619fda72526bf54e27f30ea7d375e1e3e7"
+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 59 (2026) — Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements
+
+## 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=sb59%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=59)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb59%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=59)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb59%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=59)
+4. **sb59 hjud am. _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb59%20hjud%20am.%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT Jan 01, 2027 — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **92–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 195) `passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 196)
+- **2026-02-23** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-12** Reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 413) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 414)
+- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-13** House Message received
+- **2026-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 593)
+- **2026-03-13** Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 594)
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-13** 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 130, 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/7fe3150a-a8db-4e75-b4cf-a09929a7c700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+