---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reforming Boards and Commissions"
description: "Reforming Boards and Commissions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5364"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5364 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbe9291-1680-44e6-ae64-65d9c76e2f63"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5364&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ca7577ff53cede27944c4b760f02bd55c923b56d0c4dea00858e69cacc49a84e"
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 5364 (2026) — Reforming Boards and Commissions

## 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=hb5364%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5364)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5364%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5364)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5364%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5364)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5364%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5364)
5. **hb5364 hfa riley and phillips 3-3 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5364%20hfa%20riley%20and%20phillips%203-3%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5364 sfa morris _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5364%20sfa%20morris%20_1%203-8%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5364 sfat morris _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5364%20sfat%20morris%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-04** Amended on 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 309) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-06** Committee reference dispensed
- **2026-03-09** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 470) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-11** 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. 683)
- **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 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 168, 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/7dbe9291-1680-44e6-ae64-65d9c76e2f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).