---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes"
description: "Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5227"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5227 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Constitutional Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Funkhouser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72634424-0c3f-43d9-9c6b-9cda8fcf9ab2"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5227&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c94ddb865aa6eb0fc8bca1d13d325df1910c58d7345462837bb52a7caca07d24"
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 5227 (2026) — Relating to Secretary of State annual reports, fees, and veteran-owned business logotypes

## 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=hb5227%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5227)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5227%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5227)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5227%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5227)
4. **hb5227 hfa akers 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5227%20hfa%20akers%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5227 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5227%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5227 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5227%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Funkhouser — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 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`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 208) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 380) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 381)
- **2026-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 382)
- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate effective date (Roll No. 383)
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **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 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 167, 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/72634424-0c3f-43d9-9c6b-9cda8fcf9ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).