---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act"
description: "Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "West Virginia SB 526 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 61
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2db3e18-3e3a-4f46-8e30-176327e8a195"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=526&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "164b2897c0858aea09a0715be0815f52d58350542d27c2e4b89f5c13778b74b3"
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 526 (2025) — Creating Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act

## 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=sb526%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=526)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb526%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=526)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb526%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=526)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb526%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=526)
5. **sb526 hfa worrell 4-11 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb526%20hfa%20worrell%204-11%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb526 hfa worrell 4-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb526%20hfa%20worrell%204-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb526 hfat worrell 4-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb526%20hfat%20worrell%204-11%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb526 s rules am _1 3-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb526%20s%20rules%20am%20_1%203-24%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb526 sfa martin _1 3-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb526%20sfa%20martin%20_1%203-25%20adopted.htm)
10. **sb526 sfat rucker _1 3-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb526%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%203-26%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–25** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-19** To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Reported do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-12** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-13** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 118)
- **2025-03-17** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Rules on 3rd reading `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2025-03-25** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-25** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-26** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 182) `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-03-26** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-26** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Markup Discussion
- **2025-04-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Placed on House Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2025-04-11** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2025-04-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Motion to table the motion to postpone indefinitely rejected
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 507) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 551)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 197, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2db3e18-3e3a-4f46-8e30-176327e8a195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).