---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities"
description: "Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 556"
citation: "West Virginia SB 556 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=556&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a3d52b851d370a43af03ae7cc1e1bf8e0455433c78d9007793dc8778c1e83d80"
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 556 (2026) — Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb556%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=556)
4. **sb556 s fin amt _1 1-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb556%20s%20fin%20amt%20_1%201-28%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **77–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** On 1st reading
- **2026-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 37) `passage`
- **2026-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-04** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-09** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-03-09** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 390) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `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 193, 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/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).