republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-556.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	Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities	Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 556	West Virginia SB 556 (2026)	bill	Insurance	enacted	Martin	4	35	2	2026-01-21	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=556&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a3d52b851d370a43af03ae7cc1e1bf8e0455433c78d9007793dc8778c1e83d80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 556 (2026) — Modifying priority of insurance coverage for drivers of certain vehicles provided by entities

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. sb556 s fin amt _1 1-28 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 77–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Martin — primary (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Takubo — cosponsor (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-21 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-21 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Reported do pass, with title amendment committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 On 1st reading
• 2026-01-30 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-03 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 37) passage
• 2026-02-03 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-04 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-04 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-04 To Judiciary then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-09 Do pass, but first to Finance
• 2026-03-09 2nd reference dispensed
• 2026-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed House (Roll No. 390) passage
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-11 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 To Governor 3/13/2026 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 193, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a076232d-ace3-4dc2-b423-e0fd90f455a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).