---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Vape Safety Act"
description: "Creating the Vape Safety Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5437"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5437 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCormick"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebf2ef4-5582-4d26-b151-656c71b5e6ae"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5437&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5501790eabafdd900efcf399ae68d66501331032a53f1c081b38b1e211e74172"
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 5437 (2026) — Creating the Vape Safety Act

## 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=hb5437%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
5. **hb5437 hfa lucas 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfa%20lucas%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5437 hfa worrell 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfa%20worrell%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb5437 hfat worrell 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfat%20worrell%202-27%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb5437 s hhr am _ 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5437%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%203-4%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb5437 sfa helton _ 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20sfa%20helton%20_%203-10%20adopted.htm)
10. **hb5437 sfat helton _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20sfat%20helton%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA DEAN 2-26 #2 — **26–67** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- HFA CLARK 2-24 #1 — **29–61** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCormick — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-11** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2026-02-23** 2nd reference dispensed
- **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** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/26/2026
- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Amendments pending
- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 225) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 226) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 227) `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment reported
- **2026-03-10** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 414) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 506)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** 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`
- **2026-03-14** 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 265, 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/8ebf2ef4-5582-4d26-b151-656c71b5e6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).