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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to courthouse closures on certain days"
+description: "Relating to courthouse closures on certain days"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 793"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 793 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19648046-a3a0-43d2-8de4-4bb11e9b4fd0"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=793&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9578adb0914754e25ce275f9eff040ea004caa288dad42562956bf8fadfa113b"
+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 793 (2026) — Relating to courthouse closures on certain days
+
+## 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=sb793%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=793)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb793%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=793)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Willis — primary (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 105) `passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-11** Do pass
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 564) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 175, 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/19648046-a3a0-43d2-8de4-4bb11e9b4fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+