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5.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability"
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description: "Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 6"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 6 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Corporations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5807986a-b741-46ca-9b35-f4ae9ee0069f"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=6&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "d5f0358f795031dd4970eb1689d6692bc03ad518d5a14a48396465e6771736ec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 6 (2022) — Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB6%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=6)
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5. **SB6 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB6 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
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6. **SB6 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB6 H JUD AM _2 adopted.htm)
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7. **SB6 SFA ROMANO AND TRUMP _1 2-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFA ROMANO AND TRUMP _1 2-9 adopted.htm)
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8. **SB6 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFAT TAKUBO _1 3-11 adopted.htm)
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9. **SB6 SFAT TRUMP _1 2-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB6 SFAT TRUMP _1 2-10 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Trump — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute reported
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- **2022-02-07** On 1st reading
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- **2022-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-08** On 2nd reading
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- **2022-02-08** Laid over on 2nd reading 02/08/2022
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- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2022-02-10** On 3rd reading
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- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 94) `passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Ordered to House
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- **2022-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-02-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2022-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 471) `passage`
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- **2022-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-03-12** House Message received
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- **2022-03-12** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 483)
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- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
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- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
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- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 663) `passage`
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- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
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- **2022-03-12** House Message received
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- **2022-03-23** To Governor 3/23/2022 `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/23/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
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- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
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- **2022-04-20** Chapter 176, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5807986a-b741-46ca-9b35-f4ae9ee0069f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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