---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rules governing the practice of law"
description: "Relating to rules governing the practice of law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5366"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5366 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Funkhouser"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de3ea2d9-c001-4498-88cd-6b0b0450c9fc"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5366&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "55bf090a41dcf0702bfa28fc2fe423a1f7c8804514308836bae83aa7e430914e"
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 5366 (2026) — Relating to rules governing the practice of law

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
4. **hb5366 hfa akers 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5366%20hfa%20akers%203-2%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5366 hfat akers 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5366%20hfat%20akers%203-3%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5366 s jud am _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5366%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5366 s jud amt _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5366%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Funkhouser — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-02** Do pass
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 565) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 684)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 262, 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/de3ea2d9-c001-4498-88cd-6b0b0450c9fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).