republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-575.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	Relating to refusal review hearings	Relating to refusal review hearings	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 575	West Virginia SB 575 (2026)	bill	Courts Motor Vehicles	enacted	Barrett	5	42	2	2026-01-22	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/648626aa-8d76-4f7c-bfec-15f4fbeb9302	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=575&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	15763307f4bb04aa34d031475188ebdbc55e5ee5b398695b06620273ad90ea01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 575 (2026) — Relating to refusal review hearings

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. sb575 h jud am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb575 hfat akers 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barrett — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Willis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-22 To Judiciary then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-22 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-10 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-17 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-19 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 147) passage
• 2026-02-19 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-20 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-20 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-11 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 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 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. 539) 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. 658)
• 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 235, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/648626aa-8d76-4f7c-bfec-15f4fbeb9302. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).