West Virginia HB 5437 (2026) — Creating the Vape Safety Act
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source hb5437 hfa lucas 2-24 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb5437 hfa worrell 2-24 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb5437 hfat worrell 2-27 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb5437 s hhr am _ 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb5437 sfa helton _ 3-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb5437 sfat helton _ 3-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
HFA DEAN 2-26 #2 — 26– (fail) · lower
PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 92– (pass) · lower
HFA CLARK 2-24 #1 — 29– (fail) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE — 88– (pass) · lower
McCormick — primary (person)
Akers — cosponsor (person)
Clark — cosponsor (person)
Drennan — cosponsor (person)
Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
Heckert — cosponsor (person)
Kyle — cosponsor (person)
Maynor — cosponsor (person)
Pinson — cosponsor (person)
Worrell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-02-11 Filed for introduction filing2026-02-11 To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-11 Introduced in House introduction2026-02-11 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-02-17 Markup Discussion2026-02-23 By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary2026-02-23 2nd reference dispensed2026-02-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-02-24 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-25 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-25 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-25 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/26/20262026-02-26 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-27 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-26 Amendments pending2026-02-27 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-02-27 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 225) amendment-failure2026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-02-27 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-02-27 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 226) amendment-failure2026-02-27 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-27 Passed House (Roll No. 227) passage2026-02-27 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-27 Communicated to Senate2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-03-04 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-03-04 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-03-06 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage2026-03-06 Immediate consideration2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-09 On 2nd reading2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-10 On 3rd reading with right to amend2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-10 Committee amendment reported2026-03-10 Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-10 Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-10 Passed Senate (Roll No. 414) passage2026-03-10 Title amendment adopted2026-03-10 Senate requests House to concur2026-03-13 House received Senate message2026-03-13 House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 506)2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate2026-03-13 Completed legislative action2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 executive-receipt2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature2026-06-29 Chapter 265, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/8ebf2ef4-5582-4d26-b151-656c71b5e6ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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