republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-553.md

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Bill	Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member	Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 553	West Virginia SB 553 (2026)	bill	Labor	enacted	Woelfel	3	40	2	2026-01-21	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/ef4cd86e-bfe9-4902-ae61-0f18375d7eae	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=553&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	07e2a56a649c1a53ef199f251a9756ada9d1600163f616c8a553d04724d77b8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 553 (2026) — Providing for transfer of license to contractor’s qualifying immediate family member

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. sb553 hfa phillips 3-10 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 91–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Woelfel — primary (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-21 To Workforce
• 2026-01-21 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-21 To Workforce
• 2026-02-17 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-18 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-18 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-19 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-20 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Passed Senate (Roll No. 164) passage
• 2026-02-20 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-23 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 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
• 2026-03-13 Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
• 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. 535) passage
• 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. 657)
• 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
• 2026-03-25 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 233, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef4cd86e-bfe9-4902-ae61-0f18375d7eae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).