---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain military records from public release"
description: "Exempting certain military records from public release"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "West Virginia SB 208 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5e4d69-3876-44f0-9340-06b37996ed47"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=208&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a2e4fd2d6c4536aa495df198b0bf160b7a1ecefc2daa1bb6f1c5bc5990ddbe5b"
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 208 (2026) — Exempting certain military records from public release

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb208%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=208)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb208%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=208)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Military
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Military
- **2026-01-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** On 2nd reading
- **2026-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2026-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 26) `passage`
- **2026-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-02** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-11** Do pass
- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Placed on House Calendar
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2026-02-17** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 116) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-18** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-19** House Message received
- **2026-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/20/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 226, 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/0d5e4d69-3876-44f0-9340-06b37996ed47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).