republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5459.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	Relating to a tax on managed care organizations	Relating to a tax on managed care organizations	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5459	West Virginia HB 5459 (2026)	bill	Health Taxation	enacted	Rohrbach	4	35	2	2026-02-12	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/64f2c270-5e97-4981-b89b-dea550bd9ab8	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5459&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1954d709544ac3d2020bdccb1c85dd0d6c109bb9f1315f36e6659a78f112f105	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5459 (2026) — Relating to a tax on managed care organizations

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
4. hb5459 hfa rohrbach 2-26 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 90–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rohrbach — primary (person)
• Criss — cosponsor (person)
• Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Riley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-12 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-12 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-12 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Do pass
• 2026-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-27 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed House (Roll No. 249) passage
• 2026-03-02 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-06 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 471) passage
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-11 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 285, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64f2c270-5e97-4981-b89b-dea550bd9ab8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).