---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State"
description: "Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 878"
citation: "West Virginia SB 878 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Queen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e003042-57f4-4f84-918f-5a4f6a8d5979"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=878&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8526ff15cec5e6d966b5d62724680f25d5e3fd698c7710bdf399127f60a9ad71"
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 878 (2026) — Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State

## 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=sb878%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=878)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb878%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=878)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb878%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=878)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb878%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=878)
5. **sb878 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb878%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb878 hfat phillips 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb878%20hfat%20phillips%203-12%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **83–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Queen — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 185) `passage`
- **2026-02-21** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 186)
- **2026-02-21** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-23** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 476) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 477)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 604)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 157, 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/3e003042-57f4-4f84-918f-5a4f6a8d5979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).