republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-402.md

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Bill	Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act	Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 402	West Virginia SB 402 (2026)	bill	Economic Development	enacted	Smith	6	41	2	2026-01-15	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/49ac2fb4-d8c7-4ccf-9933-23d69954a42a	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=402&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	f06a1282eab464a176eb3bf9fcca96bf1a2fa9dd76539b1531c432e82a2acff5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 402 (2026) — Workforce Readiness and Opportunity Act

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. sb402 hfin am adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb402 hfin amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-15 To Workforce then Finance
• 2026-01-15 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-15 To Workforce
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-01-28 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
• 2026-02-21 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-21 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-23 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-23 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-24 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (Roll No. 209) passage
• 2026-02-24 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-25 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-25 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-25 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed House (Roll No. 389) passage
• 2026-03-11 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 656)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 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 293, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49ac2fb4-d8c7-4ccf-9933-23d69954a42a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).