---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensing of nursing homes and assisted living residences"
description: "Licensing of nursing homes and assisted living residences"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "West Virginia SB 408 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-27"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9deffbeb-7dd1-41d1-86b8-8e92de530426"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=408&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "06894d2d5915f66e267415768863bffc52c8f1879b1911377204fb38bd6c7683"
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 408 (2018) — Licensing of nursing homes and assisted living residences

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=408)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=408)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB408%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=408)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-29** To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Committee substitute reported, but first to Government Organization
- **2018-02-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 115) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2018-02-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Do pass
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 456) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Taken up for further consideration
- **2018-03-10** Reconsidered passage
- **2018-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-10** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 510) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 512)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 196, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9deffbeb-7dd1-41d1-86b8-8e92de530426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).