---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to WV Medical Practice Act"
description: "Relating to WV Medical Practice Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 606"
citation: "West Virginia SB 606 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations", "Rule Making Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75eb78d5-8531-4c48-ba19-1f64ce70367b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=606&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dad23664ac87d54a672a58015afe8a58143293b2586ef2dcaff570c9cd09b267"
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 606 (2022) — Relating to WV Medical Practice Act

## 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=SB606%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=606)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB606%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=606)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB606%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=606)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute reported
- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 292) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Ordered to House
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Do pass
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 584)
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 585) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 204, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75eb78d5-8531-4c48-ba19-1f64ce70367b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).