---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to driving under the influence"
description: "Relating to driving under the influence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5406"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5406 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38cc20de-c9a8-46cc-903b-8d35f6bdfaa8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5406&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d7ec53455af8eeae5ef91b5e0c35275853d6c671ff075f04449a92f79b1a70e9"
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 5406 (2026) — Relating to driving under the influence

## 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=hb5406%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5406)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5406%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5406)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5406%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5406)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akers — primary (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** To House Courts `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-20** Do pass
- **2026-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2026-03-11** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/11/2026 with right to amend
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 509) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **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 108, 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/38cc20de-c9a8-46cc-903b-8d35f6bdfaa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).