---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to peer support services"
description: "Relating to peer support services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5086"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5086 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Crime", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f57096d-1c42-46a8-af8a-b092e1c38ff8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5086&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "104e819d12212aca2f63887c77dfb2a2f3132c28aaee5facb0ec3d3282c2ad0a"
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 5086 (2026) — Relating to peer support services

## 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=hb5086%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5086)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5086%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5086)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5086%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5086)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5086%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5086)
5. **hb5086 s hhr am _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5086%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5086 sfat helton _ 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5086%20sfat%20helton%20_%203-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pinson — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-03** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-13** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2026-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-23** Do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 207) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 502) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 653)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 141, 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/4f57096d-1c42-46a8-af8a-b092e1c38ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).