---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program"
description: "Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 643"
citation: "West Virginia SB 643 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charnock"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa10397-3e40-4595-98c8-b219402c333a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=643&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7d683100132893bb9f29d3e64aaa9a181046f4acbbc6ab76c0ff329bfd7e7eaa"
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 643 (2026) — Discontinuing WV Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Program

## 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=sb643%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=643)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb643%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=643)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb643%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=643)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charnock — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 103) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **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`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 544) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** 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 133, 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/dfa10397-3e40-4595-98c8-b219402c333a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).