---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors"
description: "Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4638"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4638 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4638&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2902d17b4360661a6c50f235c9e66e25f3dc8c387a77c0751cccd4f1a4eb6d9e"
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 4638 (2026) — Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors

## 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=hb4638%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4638%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4638%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
4. **hb4638 hfat akers 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4638%20hfat%20akers%202-18%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Worrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-16** Do pass
- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 402) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 134, 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/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).