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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small Business Growth Act"
description: "Small Business Growth Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cfadc19-091f-478d-96c3-dd59647e09e9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "06dd3b2897394f233f08970352ec37fa9b6b40fae7da2d7ec7280cbc0125bb77"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=1)
4. **sb1 hfa criss, akers and riley 2-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb1%20hfa%20criss,%20akers%20and%20riley%202-12%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb1 hfat criss 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb1%20hfat%20criss%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **276** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **873** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **873** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cfadc19-091f-478d-96c3-dd59647e09e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).