---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically"
description: "Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1011"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1011 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863ed9c0-ab4f-43b1-904e-82bd3a4594c9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1011&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0e9fdf4600627c91b3c790303c3a9100cb8fd6b2d54422a576f36449a4b9d75a"
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 1011 (2026) — Allowing volunteer fire departments to submit audit paperwork electronically

## 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=sb1011%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1011)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1011%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1011)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1011%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1011)

## Votes

- Passage — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helton — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 282) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 482) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **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`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 289, 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/863ed9c0-ab4f-43b1-904e-82bd3a4594c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).