republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-772.md

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Bill	Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations	Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 772	West Virginia SB 772 (2026)	bill	Claims	enacted	Barrett	7	43	3	2026-02-05	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=772&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ee899bba0bad6640ac48909fe332cd7f2e059c687f98a836aaff8bb475cc2f7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 772 (2026) — Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations

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. sb772 h fin am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb772 hfa canterbury _ mazzocchi 3-11 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. sb772 sfa barrett _1 2-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 89–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 88–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-05 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-05 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-11 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) passage
• 2026-02-13 Effective from passage (Roll No. 82)
• 2026-02-16 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-16 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-16 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 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 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 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. 556) passage
• 2026-03-13 Effective from passage (Roll No. 557)
• 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. 628)
• 2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 629)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-27 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 73, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).