republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-208.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	Exempting certain military records from public release	Exempting certain military records from public release	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 208	West Virginia SB 208 (2026)	bill	Military and Veterans	enacted	Weld	2	38	2	2026-01-14	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/0d5e4d69-3876-44f0-9340-06b37996ed47	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=208&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a2e4fd2d6c4536aa495df198b0bf160b7a1ecefc2daa1bb6f1c5bc5990ddbe5b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 208 (2026) — Exempting certain military records from public release

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Weld — primary (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Tarr — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Military
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-14 To Military
• 2026-01-27 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-28 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-29 On 2nd reading
• 2026-01-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 On 3rd reading
• 2026-01-30 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-01-30 Passed Senate (Roll No. 26) passage
• 2026-01-30 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-02 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-02 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-02 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-11 Do pass
• 2026-02-12 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Placed on House Calendar
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading, House Calendar
• 2026-02-17 From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-18 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Passed House (Roll No. 116) passage
• 2026-02-18 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-18 Completed legislative action
• 2026-02-19 House Message received
• 2026-02-20 To Governor 2/20/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-02-25 To Governor 2/20/2026 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-02-25 Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-02-25 Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 226, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d5e4d69-3876-44f0-9340-06b37996ed47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).