---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower"
description: "Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "West Virginia SB 506 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e72946-f31a-4a54-9688-caf16b809bf5"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=506&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "201a2eeda49cbe2cc90c2b684354a15ff8d0c08c1c52a6163a0011023aec161d"
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 506 (2026) — Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower

## 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=sb506%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=506)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb506%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=506)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb506%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=506)
4. **sb506 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb506%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb506 hfat akers 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb506%20hfat%20akers%203-13%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 34) `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-03** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** 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
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 534) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **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. 624)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **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 81, 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/d5e72946-f31a-4a54-9688-caf16b809bf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).