republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4053.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	To establish the blue envelope program.	To establish the blue envelope program.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4053	West Virginia HB 4053 (2026)	bill	Motor Vehicles Public Safety	enacted	Hall	7	45	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4053&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	18d3b33924e9750180bab7f563c3ab6fb8512d86e326150113ec3f423f50b81d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4053 (2026) — To establish the blue envelope program.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4053 hfa akers 2-4 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4053 sfa maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb4053 sfat maynard _1 3-6 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hall — primary (person)
• Crouse — cosponsor (person)
• Drennan — cosponsor (person)
• Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
• Heckert — cosponsor (person)
• Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
• Holstein — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Pinson — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-14 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-30 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-02 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-05 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-06 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-09 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-09 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-10 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Passed House (Roll No. 62) passage
• 2026-02-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-11 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-11 To Transportation and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources
• 2026-02-11 To Transportation and Infrastructure
• 2026-03-05 Reported do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 2nd reference dispensed
• 2026-03-06 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-10 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (Roll No. 392) passage
• 2026-03-10 Title amendment adopted
• 2026-03-10 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-13 House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 496)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 209, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5ac975a-42cf-413d-a518-64a01a8f2c15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).