---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service"
description: "Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 800"
citation: "West Virginia SB 800 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d359dcf6-cf0c-4222-8ef0-aa8972268677"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=800&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6eea91bffb4f7a16f84fb21d4cbaefaddc4dab272b7375a423a497e0bbb22d63"
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 800 (2026) — Clarifying policy of state regarding jury service

## 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=sb800%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=800)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb800%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=800)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb800%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=800)
4. **sb800 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb800%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **84–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willis — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-06** 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. 107) `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`
- **2026-03-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 450) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 602)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** 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 86, 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/d359dcf6-cf0c-4222-8ef0-aa8972268677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).