---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to bank merger by interstate branching"
description: "Relating to bank merger by interstate branching"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 574"
citation: "West Virginia SB 574 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d21291a1-654e-413f-b63c-e39f0d7c6af7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=574&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7e73df556a26fc8d9bdfab271a7d9d4e27b61469403423104ee296e45475db50"
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 574 (2026) — Relating to bank merger by interstate branching

## 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=sb574%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=574)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb574%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=574)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 39) `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-04** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** To House Finance `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. 427) `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`
- **2026-03-25** 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`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 54, 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/d21291a1-654e-413f-b63c-e39f0d7c6af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).