---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program"
description: "Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4740"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4740 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9274d51-d001-4f7a-abde-37e644e18ba8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4740&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d578d44338da2b171e19574fc9906c680e85f54fadab3a9fbe673d7d7b987e9a"
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 4740 (2026) — Statutory Commitments in Rural Health Transformation Program

## 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=hb4740%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4740)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4740%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4740)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4740%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4740)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4740%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4740)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 40 ) `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 41)
- **2026-02-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 157) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 158)
- **2026-02-19** Communicated to House
- **2026-02-19** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-20** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/23/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 184, 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/e9274d51-d001-4f7a-abde-37e644e18ba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).