---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to meetings for local levying bodies"
description: "Relating to meetings for local levying bodies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "West Virginia SB 167 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e93fe30-1cd3-4e3b-bddf-abe8599f39ff"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=167&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "16f808b5dfdbc80ff4c4e366c2245ea4e447de9cc530d76b3e7552657c9743a7"
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 167 (2026) — Relating to meetings for local levying bodies

## 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=sb167%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=167)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb167%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=167)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb167%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=167)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 28) `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-03** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 387) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 240, 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/2e93fe30-1cd3-4e3b-bddf-abe8599f39ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).