republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-506.md

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Bill	Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower	Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 506	West Virginia SB 506 (2026)	bill	Counties	enacted	Taylor	5	40	2	2026-01-19	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d5e72946-f31a-4a54-9688-caf16b809bf5	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=506&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	201a2eeda49cbe2cc90c2b684354a15ff8d0c08c1c52a6163a0011023aec161d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 506 (2026) — Permitting certain use of county-owned wireless tower

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
4. sb506 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb506 hfat akers 3-13 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Taylor — primary (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — 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 referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-19 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-01-29 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-29 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-01-30 On 2nd reading
• 2026-01-30 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 34) passage
• 2026-02-02 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-03 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-03 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 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. 534) 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. 624)
• 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 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5e72946-f31a-4a54-9688-caf16b809bf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).