---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing immunity from civil liability for qualified directors of certain governmental and nonprofit entities"
description: "Providing immunity from civil liability for qualified directors of certain governmental and nonprofit entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "West Virginia SB 555 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferns"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb05ada-ce9a-41d6-9faf-c6edc1ceeda0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=555&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2212c8bc96dcd6b258e602f2ae9886c2b07aff5436114fd6979fee78389bae5f"
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 555 (2018) — Providing immunity from civil liability for qualified directors of certain governmental and nonprofit entities

## 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=SB555%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=555)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB555%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=555)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB555%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=555)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB555%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=555)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **84–13** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ferns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-22** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 197) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Do pass
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 378) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - 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 1, 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/dbb05ada-ce9a-41d6-9faf-c6edc1ceeda0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).