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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
+description: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 640"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 640 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-28"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=640&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9d86a2d8b7b2f6a3d5700aca35880bbbc7f0c438726141fd2026981520f91052"
+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 640 (2026) — Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
+
+## 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=sb640%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
+4. **sb640 hfa akers 2-18 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfa%20akers%202-18%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb640 hfat akers 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfat%20akers%202-19%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **78–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azinger — primary (person)
+- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
+- Helton — cosponsor (person)
+- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-18** Reference dispensed
+- **2026-02-18** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-19** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 141) `passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-23** House Message received
+- **2026-02-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 206)
+- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
+- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-02-24** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/24/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 132, 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/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+