republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-796.md

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Bill	Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports	Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 796	West Virginia SB 796 (2026)	bill	Courts	enacted	Willis	2	34	2	2026-02-06	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/268cfcf5-fc9b-4482-bc56-f43df6e947c0	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=796&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	3c663e371b1c2340af5a8ff7bcb0663145af27817d4307be6c2b73819f6a2e7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 796 (2026) — Relating to distribution of West Virginia reports

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 — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

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. 106) 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
• 2026-03-05 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-09 Do pass
• 2026-03-09 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-10 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed House (Roll No. 395) passage
• 2026-03-11 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-11 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 To Governor 3/13/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-19 Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 85, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/268cfcf5-fc9b-4482-bc56-f43df6e947c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).