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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization"
+description: "Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 742"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 742 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-04"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=742&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "56f772640a54d274cd444243ad16b9fabdeb8e83d4bda850e73c1123e127e6bb"
+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 742 (2026) — Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization
+
+## 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=sb742%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb742%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb742%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
+4. **sb742 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb742%20h%20hhr%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **81–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Helton — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-13** To Judiciary `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`
+- **2026-02-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `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 Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-23** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **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
+- **2026-03-12** Committee 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. 555) `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. 643)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
+- **2026-04-02** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
+- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 63, 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/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+