republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-499.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	Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed	Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 499	West Virginia SB 499 (2026)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Helton	9	44	2	2026-01-19	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5f24fd34-240d-4d7e-8147-0303179f75db	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=499&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a26164e4fde0263ce5f2d151023cc7bfc2148562020eff88548120251260f21f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 499 (2026) — Requiring auto accident toxicology test be performed

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. Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
6. sb499 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. sb499 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. sb499 hfat akers 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. sb499 sfa helton _1 3-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Helton — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Fuller — cosponsor (person)
• M. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-19 To Judiciary then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-19 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-27 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
• 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 with right to amend
• 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (Roll No. 326) 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
• 2026-03-10 Markup Discussion
• 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
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-13 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-13 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 531) passage
• 2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 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. 670)
• 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
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 234, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f24fd34-240d-4d7e-8147-0303179f75db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).