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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to rules governing the practice of law"
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description: "Relating to rules governing the practice of law"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 5366"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5366 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Funkhouser"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-09"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de3ea2d9-c001-4498-88cd-6b0b0450c9fc"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5366&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "55bf090a41dcf0702bfa28fc2fe423a1f7c8804514308836bae83aa7e430914e"
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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 HB 5366 (2026) — Relating to rules governing the practice of law
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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. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5366%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5366)
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4. **hb5366 hfa akers 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5366%20hfa%20akers%203-2%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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5. **hb5366 hfat akers 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5366%20hfat%20akers%203-3%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb5366 s jud am _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5366%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
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7. **hb5366 s jud amt _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5366%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Funkhouser — primary (person)
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- Akers — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-02** Do pass
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- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 565) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 684)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 262, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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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/de3ea2d9-c001-4498-88cd-6b0b0450c9fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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