---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions"
description: "Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3513"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3513 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-28"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c685c4d8-d195-42b4-9b6e-1020a86d2765"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3513&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3dae43ee690d7f19bc3fdb73bfc06fcac35e4e02fa4e86a91ec61c36edcffdec"
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 3513 (2025) — Relating to standards of liability and insurance requirements in certain civil actions

## 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=hb3513%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3513)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3513%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3513)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3513%20org.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3513)
4. **hb3513 s jud am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3513%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Aug 01, 2025 — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **71–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-28** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2025-03-28** Do pass
- **2025-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 361) `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Effective August 1, 2025 (Roll No. 362)
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 511) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Effective August 1, 2025 (Roll No. 512)
- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 634)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 154, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c685c4d8-d195-42b4-9b6e-1020a86d2765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).