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Bill
Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation
Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
SB 1008
West Virginia SB 1008 (2026)
enacted
3
42
3
2026-02-19
2026-06-24
openstates
ocd-bill/ea51ccdf-cfae-4394-a58b-ea69fdaed269
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1008&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill bf36ee09c5e48ebeb1f8e129e9e9f1578d8ae3f8e1ac0ef0d9f7b16ed790381c
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia SB 1008 (2026) — Relating to statute of limitations for asbestos and silica litigation
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb1008 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 93– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE — 84– (pass) · lower
Helton — primary (person)
Rose — cosponsor (person)
Tarr — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-02-19 Filed for introduction filing2026-02-19 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-19 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-19 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-02-27 Reported do pass committee-passage2026-02-27 Immediate consideration2026-02-27 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-02 On 2nd reading2026-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-03 On 3rd reading2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 301) passage2026-03-03 Ordered to House2026-03-05 House received Senate message2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction2026-03-05 To Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-05 To House Judiciary referral-committee2026-03-09 Markup Discussion2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2026-03-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-14 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-14 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-14 Passed House (Roll No. 618) passage2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 619)2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 645)2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 646)2026-03-14 Communicated to House2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-06-24 Chapter 1, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/ea51ccdf-cfae-4394-a58b-ea69fdaed269. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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