republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-793.md

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Bill	Relating to courthouse closures on certain days	Relating to courthouse closures on certain days	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 793	West Virginia SB 793 (2026)	bill	Courts	enacted	Willis	2	35	2	2026-02-06	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/19648046-a3a0-43d2-8de4-4bb11e9b4fd0	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=793&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	9578adb0914754e25ce275f9eff040ea004caa288dad42562956bf8fadfa113b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 793 (2026) — Relating to courthouse closures on certain days

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 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Willis — primary (person)
• Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-06 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-17 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Passed Senate (Roll No. 105) passage
• 2026-02-17 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-18 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-18 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-18 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-11 Do pass
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 564) passage
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 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 175, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19648046-a3a0-43d2-8de4-4bb11e9b4fd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).