---
type: "Bill"
title: "WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act"
description: "WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 592"
citation: "West Virginia SB 592 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84b90410-618f-404f-8f5f-53cba8822362"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=592&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bce502b512e5142bdf52d8f2dca7024ad08e534df474cc4f6556e1fa80046008"
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 592 (2026) — WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act

## 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=sb592%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=592)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb592%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=592)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb592%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=592)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thorne — primary (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) `passage`
- **2026-02-09** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Do pass
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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. 364) `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`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 286, 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/84b90410-618f-404f-8f5f-53cba8822362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).