republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-726.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	Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund	Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 726	West Virginia SB 726 (2026)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Barnhart	2	34	2	2026-02-03	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/bcd0a664-3dca-4bbb-81f2-dfaad74ce804	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=726&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a3aeeed57025d96a1ebeef9f1c8da9595f8f3a48b4776aab90899ba06aa01ce4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 726 (2026) — Removing cap for municipalities on their stabilization fund

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barnhart — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-03 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-03 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-03 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Passed Senate (Roll No. 97) passage
• 2026-02-16 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-17 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 442) passage
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 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 242, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcd0a664-3dca-4bbb-81f2-dfaad74ce804. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).