republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-59.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 voter eligibility and residency requirements	Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 59	West Virginia SB 59 (2026)	bill	Elections	enacted	Rucker	4	43	3	2026-01-14	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/7fe3150a-a8db-4e75-b4cf-a09929a7c700	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=59&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	dd63f5e69320eff3a41906284f2caa619fda72526bf54e27f30ea7d375e1e3e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 59 (2026) — Relating to voter eligibility and residency requirements

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. sb59 hjud am. _1 3-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT Jan 01, 2027 — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 92–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-20 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-20 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-21 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-23 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (Roll No. 195) passage
• 2026-02-23 Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 196)
• 2026-02-23 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-23 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 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
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 413) passage
• 2026-03-12 Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 414)
• 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. 593)
• 2026-03-13 Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 594)
• 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 130, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fe3150a-a8db-4e75-b4cf-a09929a7c700. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).