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legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-755.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses"
+description: "Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 755"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 755 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4310e7c-b4a0-4b07-b909-2e3fceea87d0"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=755&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c9e4a24f0cdcf8e4af114fef970e72b1e58dedce57e4bfbbde74f69487b0785c"
+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 755 (2026) — Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=755)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=755)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **92–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-23** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 225) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-26** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Do pass
+- **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. 394) `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`
+- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 156, 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/c4310e7c-b4a0-4b07-b909-2e3fceea87d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+