--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to insurance holding company systems" description: "Relating to insurance holding company systems" jurisdiction: "us/states/wv" legislature: "West Virginia Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 800" citation: "West Virginia SB 800 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Insurance"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"] version_count: 3 action_count: 37 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-03-18" last_action: "2025-08-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0b2f3b-2c84-46de-984a-fb2e37739001" source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=800&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" source_hash: "cb8141b15495e25815b798eaf3270509a357b42207a9b1ddc910c4f44384bb33" 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 800 (2025) — Relating to insurance holding company systems ## 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=sb800%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=800) 2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb800%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=800) 3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb800%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=800) ## Votes - Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper - PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower - EFFECT Jan 01, 2026 — **98–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Azinger — primary (person) - Oliverio — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-18** Filed for introduction `filing` - **2025-03-18** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee` - **2025-03-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction` - **2025-03-18** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee` - **2025-03-20** Committee substitute reported - **2025-03-21** On 1st reading - **2025-03-21** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-03-24** On 2nd reading - **2025-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-03-25** On 3rd reading - **2025-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-03-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 171) `passage` - **2025-03-25** Effective January 1, 2026 (Roll No. 172) - **2025-03-25** Ordered to House - **2025-03-26** House received Senate message - **2025-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction` - **2025-03-26** To Finance `referral-committee` - **2025-03-27** To House Finance `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Do pass - **2025-04-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar - **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1` - **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar - **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 519) `passage` - **2025-04-11** Effective January 1, 2026 (Roll No. 526) - **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate - **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action - **2025-04-12** House Message received - **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature` - **2025-08-08** Chapter 153, 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/bc0b2f3b-2c84-46de-984a-fb2e37739001`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).