---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps"
description: "Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1060"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1060 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-21"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0d6099-ebce-4d92-af30-5007acc12db8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1060&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1c0246078b1ed23de2630ae6a89e8f48c1ff8e6b58041746e6e7eb4346116461"
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 1060 (2026) — Providing WV certified thoroughbred eligibility and increase restricted race caps

## 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=sb1060%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1060)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1060%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1060)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1060%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1060)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **75–21** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **24–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 353) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** Reference dispensed
- **2026-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 371) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House Message received
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `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 152, 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/7d0d6099-ebce-4d92-af30-5007acc12db8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).