republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-502.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	Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act	Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 502	West Virginia SB 502 (2026)	bill	Education (Higher)	enacted	Taylor	5	45	3	2026-01-19	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/8908c92a-eb58-4cfa-b706-48d50b131560	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=502&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	3d71e185f0013a2478feed4bfecc893df0e49bf1414f64932f05f6c7d160cfcf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 502 (2026) — Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection 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. sb502 hfa lewis 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Taylor — primary (person)
• Charnock — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-19 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-19 To Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-06 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
• 2026-02-27 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-02 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 292) passage
• 2026-03-03 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 293)
• 2026-03-03 Ordered to House
• 2026-03-05 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Education then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 To House Education referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-11 Do pass, but first to Finance
• 2026-03-11 2nd reference dispensed
• 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 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. 532) passage
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 533)
• 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. 664)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 665)
• 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 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8908c92a-eb58-4cfa-b706-48d50b131560. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).