republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5406.md

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Bill	Relating to driving under the influence	Relating to driving under the influence	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5406	West Virginia HB 5406 (2026)	bill	Crime	enacted	Akers	3	39	2	2026-02-10	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/38cc20de-c9a8-46cc-903b-8d35f6bdfaa8	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5406&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	d7ec53455af8eeae5ef91b5e0c35275853d6c671ff075f04449a92f79b1a70e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5406 (2026) — Relating to driving under the influence

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Akers — primary (person)
• Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
• Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
• Heckert — cosponsor (person)
• Jennings — cosponsor (person)
• Kimble — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Marple — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-10 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-10 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 To House Courts referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-17 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-20 Do pass
• 2026-02-23 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-23 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Passed House (Roll No. 187) passage
• 2026-02-25 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-26 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/9/2026
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2026-03-11 Laid over on 3rd reading 3/11/2026 with right to amend
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 509) passage
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38cc20de-c9a8-46cc-903b-8d35f6bdfaa8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).