republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-231.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

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Bill	Relating to value-based payment requirements	Relating to value-based payment requirements	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 231	West Virginia SB 231 (2026)	bill	Health	enacted	Helton	5	45	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d45f68d8-f830-4f8f-a2fd-0ef24f244d63	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=231&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	6f91eb2d067ade0a164839420f6e1a050626989423ec3ee3a2b4d60fc182d364	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 231 (2026) — Relating to value-based payment requirements

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. sb231 h fin am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 86–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Helton — primary (person)
• Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Health and Human Resources then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-14 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-01-16 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
• 2026-02-12 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Passed Senate (Roll No. 92) passage
• 2026-02-16 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-17 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Health and Human Resources then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-25 Do pass, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-25 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 520) passage
• 2026-03-13 Effective July, 1, 2026 (Roll No. 521)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 655)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 Effective ninety days from passage
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 176, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d45f68d8-f830-4f8f-a2fd-0ef24f244d63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).