republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-742.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	Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization	Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 742	West Virginia SB 742 (2026)	bill	Health	enacted	Helton	4	43	2	2026-02-04	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=742&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	56f772640a54d274cd444243ad16b9fabdeb8e83d4bda850e73c1123e127e6bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 742 (2026) — Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization

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. sb742 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 81–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Helton — primary (person)
• Deeds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-04 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-04 To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-04 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 To Judiciary 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
• 2026-02-21 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-21 Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) 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 Health and Human Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 2nd reference dispensed
• 2026-03-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 555) passage
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 643)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02 Became law 4/2/2026
• 2026-04-02 Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
• 2026-03-14 Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 63, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).