republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-531.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

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	Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act	Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 531	West Virginia SB 531 (2026)	bill	Finance and Administration	enacted	Azinger	5	43	3	2026-01-20	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/cc560c0e-71fd-4f0a-8ea6-45da88d4f6ca	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=531&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	3998c8e33e9e6a4a599466f4c0b8703f2d181e3fc8bf16483d0b353477fa076f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 531 (2026) — Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act

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. sb531 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb531 h jud amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 30–2 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 82–12 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 87–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Azinger — primary (person)
• Charnock — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-11 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) passage
• 2026-02-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 77)
• 2026-02-13 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-16 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 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
• 2026-03-11 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-11 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 424) passage
• 2026-03-12 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 425)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598)
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 599)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 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 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc560c0e-71fd-4f0a-8ea6-45da88d4f6ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).