---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and duties of the director of the Division of Administrative Services"
description: "Relating to the powers and duties of the director of the Division of Administrative Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5067"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5067 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/425bafb6-9191-4c06-9093-04285e902e09"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5067&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "24e8ce8a90b0489b537da34232552c226c603b3f954c5b7cd0a50453f6cd7320"
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 HB 5067 (2026) — Relating to the powers and duties of the director of the Division of Administrative Services

## 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=hb5067%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5067)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5067%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5067)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5067%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5067)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5067%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5067)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-18** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 206) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 411) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 2, 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/425bafb6-9191-4c06-9093-04285e902e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).