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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units"
+description: "Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 659"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 659 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Municipalities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-29"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5051f286-ed0d-40da-a086-e791d8f38ff1"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=659&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "3c1d8c8c578fece021638714582cdeb0c5760e40f62627134117bbfe12dbffc7"
+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 659 (2026) — Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units
+
+## 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=sb659%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=659)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb659%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=659)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb659%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=659)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb659%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=659)
+5. **sb659 sfa rucker _1 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb659%20sfa%20rucker%20_1%202-19%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb659 sub hfa phillips 2-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb659%20sub%20hfa%20phillips%202-26%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **27–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **85–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucker — primary (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-20** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 180) `passage`
+- **2026-02-21** 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`
+- **2026-02-25** Do pass
+- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/3/2026
+- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 254) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-06** House Message received
+- **2026-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 361)
+- **2026-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 241, 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/5051f286-ed0d-40da-a086-e791d8f38ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+