---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses"
description: "Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 810"
citation: "West Virginia SB 810 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b22e66-8b3e-49a5-8ab9-8be2e9b8d686"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=810&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bb769856bd316a2940ad35db425a58cbf916dfb02b74eccaf6df010ab3f2295f"
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 810 (2025) — Clarifying requirements for administration of anesthesia and chronic pain practice by certain licensed nurses

## 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=sb810%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=810)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb810%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=810)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb810%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=810)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb810%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=810)
5. **sb810 s h_hr am _1 3-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb810%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_1%203-27%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb810 sfat chapman _1 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb810%20sfat%20chapman%20_1%203-29%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **80–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Fuller — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-25** Immediate consideration
- **2025-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** On 2nd reading to Health and Human Resources
- **2025-03-27** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-29** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 234) `passage`
- **2025-03-29** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-03-29** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-31** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-31** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-03** Do pass
- **2025-04-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 419) `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-09** House Message received
- **2025-04-11** To Governor 4/11/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/11/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 205, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b22e66-8b3e-49a5-8ab9-8be2e9b8d686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).