---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
description: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 640"
citation: "West Virginia SB 640 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=640&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9d86a2d8b7b2f6a3d5700aca35880bbbc7f0c438726141fd2026981520f91052"
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 640 (2026) — Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections

## 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=sb640%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
4. **sb640 hfa akers 2-18 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfa%20akers%202-18%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb640 hfat akers 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfat%20akers%202-19%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **78–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Reference dispensed
- **2026-02-18** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-19** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 141) `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-23** House Message received
- **2026-02-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 206)
- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-24** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/24/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 132, 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/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).