---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating exemption from bond or security requirement of banking institutions holding certain funds for county commissions"
description: "Creating exemption from bond or security requirement of banking institutions holding certain funds for county commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 826"
citation: "West Virginia SB 826 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8339670-ad6e-482a-a135-ac7116bff252"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=826&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e365b0a65a99adcb41a8c44d2fca4ba359075cbcc5cbbaf0c5aa15d246b7a89f"
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 826 (2024) — Creating exemption from bond or security requirement of banking institutions holding certain funds for county commissions

## 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=sb826%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=826)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb826%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=826)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb826%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=826)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-16** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 301) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Do pass
- **2024-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 591) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 227, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8339670-ad6e-482a-a135-ac7116bff252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).