---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission"
description: "Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 603"
citation: "West Virginia SB 603 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf847e59-5eb8-4183-b52e-3c84919c3cb7"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=603&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b7f3f6825080fbd142dd5fa7e44b690e1a299391e082de88ed896898eac9bf38"
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 603 (2026) — Relating to Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission

## 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=sb603%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=603)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=603)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb603%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=603)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thorne — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-06** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 115) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 391) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 154, 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/cf847e59-5eb8-4183-b52e-3c84919c3cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).