---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to value-based payment requirements"
description: "Relating to value-based payment requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "West Virginia SB 231 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d45f68d8-f830-4f8f-a2fd-0ef24f244d63"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=231&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6f91eb2d067ade0a164839420f6e1a050626989423ec3ee3a2b4d60fc182d364"
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 231 (2026) — Relating to value-based payment requirements

## 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=sb231%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=231)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb231%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=231)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb231%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=231)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb231%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=231)
5. **sb231 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb231%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **86–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Helton — primary (person)
- Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 92) `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-17** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-25** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **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
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 520) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July, 1, 2026 (Roll No. 521)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 655)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** Effective ninety days from passage
- **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 176, 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/d45f68d8-f830-4f8f-a2fd-0ef24f244d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).