republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-592.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	WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act	WV Short Line Railroad Modernization Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 592	West Virginia SB 592 (2026)	bill	Roads and Transportation	enacted	Thorne	3	33	2	2026-01-23	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/84b90410-618f-404f-8f5f-53cba8822362	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=592&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	bce502b512e5142bdf52d8f2dca7024ad08e534df474cc4f6556e1fa80046008	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 592 (2026) — WV Short Line Railroad Modernization 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

Votes

• PASSAGE — 89–7 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thorne — primary (person)
• Charnock — cosponsor (person)
• Clements — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Helton — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Queen — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-23 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-23 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-23 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-23 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-05 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-06 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-09 Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) passage
• 2026-02-09 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-10 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-10 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Do pass
• 2026-03-05 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-06 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed House (Roll No. 364) passage
• 2026-03-09 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-10 House Message received
• 2026-03-11 To Governor 3/11/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 286, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84b90410-618f-404f-8f5f-53cba8822362. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).