---
type: "Bill"
title: "To establish the blue envelope program."
description: "To establish the blue envelope program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4053"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4053 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4053&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "18d3b33924e9750180bab7f563c3ab6fb8512d86e326150113ec3f423f50b81d"
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 HB 4053 (2026) — To establish the blue envelope 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=hb4053%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4053%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4053)
5. **hb4053 hfa akers 2-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20hfa%20akers%202-4%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4053 sfa maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20sfa%20maynard%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4053 sfat maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4053%20sfat%20maynard%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-05** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources
- **2026-02-11** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 392) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 496)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 209, 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/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).