republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-481.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	Relating to elections	Relating to elections	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 481	West Virginia SB 481 (2026)	bill	Elections	enacted	Woodrum	3	41	3	2026-01-19	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/72e3237c-f71c-46e3-8219-9ea06babb0ad	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=481&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	8a195cf2b4cde18a188b5734b83358ad0267ee95a2b3575b362b001ce1605466	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 481 (2026) — Relating to elections

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Woodrum — primary (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-19 To Government Organization then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-19 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
• 2026-01-23 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-02 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-03 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (Roll No. 325) passage
• 2026-03-04 Ordered to House
• 2026-03-05 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 420) passage
• 2026-03-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 421)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 Senate concurred in House changed effective date
• 2026-03-13 Effective from passage (Roll No. 597)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-12 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
• 2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 131, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72e3237c-f71c-46e3-8219-9ea06babb0ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).