---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs"
description: "Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5527"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5527 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d14f87e-5cd4-4f00-b287-2677217a7589"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5527&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "57d943d78d9fff0c24cded791d30c0d3a4b420697b71075002499bca6894b6e1"
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 5527 (2026) — Relating to Wellness Reimbursement Programs

## 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=hb5527%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5527)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5527%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5527)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5527%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5527)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5527%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5527)
5. **hb5527 s fin am _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5527%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-13** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 329) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 572) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 662)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 189, 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/4d14f87e-5cd4-4f00-b287-2677217a7589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).