---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact"
description: "Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "West Virginia SB 703 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Woodrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc93a7b0-ff4c-44e0-9a1f-0743fdf3a23a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=703&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bba418d960e2615d1f860b1300256841f7ebc5b7367e7f5acd1acd3870c68e7e"
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 703 (2026) — Adopting Social Work Licensure Compact

## 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=sb703%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=703)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb703%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=703)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb703%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=703)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Woodrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 118) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **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. 392) `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 251, 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/cc93a7b0-ff4c-44e0-9a1f-0743fdf3a23a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).