---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation"
description: "Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1008"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1008 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea51ccdf-cfae-4394-a58b-ea69fdaed269"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1008&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bf36ee09c5e48ebeb1f8e129e9e9f1578d8ae3f8e1ac0ef0d9f7b16ed790381c"
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 SB 1008 (2026) — Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1008%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1008)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1008%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1008)
3. **sb1008 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb1008%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **84–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helton — primary (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 301) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 618) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 619)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 645)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 646)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 1, 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/ea51ccdf-cfae-4394-a58b-ea69fdaed269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).