republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-1.md

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

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	Small Business Growth Act	Small Business Growth Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 1	West Virginia SB 1 (2026)	bill	Economic Development	enacted	Smith	5	46	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/4cfadc19-091f-478d-96c3-dd59647e09e9	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	06dd3b2897394f233f08970352ec37fa9b6b40fae7da2d7ec7280cbc0125bb77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 1 (2026) — Small Business Growth Act

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. sb1 hfa criss, akers and riley 2-12 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb1 hfat criss 2-13 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 87–3 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 87–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
• Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• M. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
• Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-14 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-04 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-04 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-06 Passed Senate (Roll No. 47) passage
• 2026-02-06 Communicated to House
• 2026-02-11 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-11 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-11 Reference dispensed
• 2026-02-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-02-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Passed House (Roll No. 83) passage
• 2026-02-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-13 Effective from passage (Roll No. 84)
• 2026-02-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-16 House Message received
• 2026-02-16 House amendments reported
• 2026-02-16 Tarr amends to House amends adopted by unanimous consent
• 2026-02-16 Senate reconsidered action
• 2026-02-16 Tarr amends to House amends withdrawn
• 2026-02-16 Tarr amends to House amends reported
• 2026-02-16 Tarr amends to House amends rejected (Roll No. 86)
• 2026-02-16 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 87)
• 2026-02-16 Effective from passage (Roll No. 88)
• 2026-02-16 Communicated to House
• 2026-02-16 Completed legislative action
• 2026-02-17 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-17 To Governor 2/17/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-02-19 To Governor 2/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-02-19 To Governor 2/17/2026 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-02-23 Approved by Governor 2/23/26 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-02-23 Approved by Governor 2/23/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 56, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cfadc19-091f-478d-96c3-dd59647e09e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).