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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations"
+description: "Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 772"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 772 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Claims"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=772&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ee899bba0bad6640ac48909fe332cd7f2e059c687f98a836aaff8bb475cc2f7f"
+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 772 (2026) — Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations
+
+## 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=sb772%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
+5. **sb772 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb772%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb772 hfa canterbury _ mazzocchi 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb772%20hfa%20canterbury%20_%20mazzocchi%203-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+7. **sb772 sfa barrett _1 2-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb772%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%202-11%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **89–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **88–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) `passage`
+- **2026-02-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 82)
+- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-16** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **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** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **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. 556) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 557)
+- **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. 628)
+- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 629)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** 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`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 73, 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/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+