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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
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description: "Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 640"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 640 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-28"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=640&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "9d86a2d8b7b2f6a3d5700aca35880bbbc7f0c438726141fd2026981520f91052"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 640 (2026) — Prohibiting release of certain personal information of contributors to political elections
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb640%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=640)
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4. **sb640 hfa akers 2-18 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfa%20akers%202-18%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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5. **sb640 hfat akers 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb640%20hfat%20akers%202-19%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **78–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azinger — primary (person)
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- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
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- Helton — cosponsor (person)
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- Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute reported
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- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading
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- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
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- **2026-02-18** House received Senate message
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- **2026-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-18** Reference dispensed
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- **2026-02-18** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-19** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 141) `passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-23** House Message received
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- **2026-02-23** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 206)
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- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
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- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-02-24** House received Senate message
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- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/24/2026 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-25** Chapter 132, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6554e22-d1f3-4a3d-9af4-5906985138e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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