republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-659.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	Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units	Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 659	West Virginia SB 659 (2026)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Rucker	6	38	2	2026-01-29	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5051f286-ed0d-40da-a086-e791d8f38ff1	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=659&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	3c1d8c8c578fece021638714582cdeb0c5760e40f62627134117bbfe12dbffc7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 659 (2026) — Prohibiting certain restrictions on regulation of accessory dwelling units

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. sb659 sfa rucker _1 2-19 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb659 sub hfa phillips 2-26 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 27–1 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 85–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rucker — primary (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)
• Z. Maynard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-29 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-29 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-19 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-19 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-20 Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-21 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-21 Passed Senate (Roll No. 180) passage
• 2026-02-21 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-23 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Do pass
• 2026-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-27 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/3/2026
• 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed House (Roll No. 254) passage
• 2026-03-03 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-06 House Message received
• 2026-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 361)
• 2026-03-06 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-06 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-09 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-09 To Governor 3/9/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 241, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5051f286-ed0d-40da-a086-e791d8f38ff1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).