republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-878.md

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Bill	Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State	Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 878	West Virginia SB 878 (2026)	bill	Legislature--Rule Making	enacted	Queen	6	45	3	2026-02-09	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3e003042-57f4-4f84-918f-5a4f6a8d5979	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=878&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	8526ff15cec5e6d966b5d62724680f25d5e3fd698c7710bdf399127f60a9ad71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 878 (2026) — Creating Office of Entrepreneurship within Office of Secretary of State

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. sb878 h go am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb878 hfat phillips 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 86–7 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 83–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Queen — primary (person)
• Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-09 To Economic Development referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-09 To Economic Development referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Com. sub. for com. sub. 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. 185) passage
• 2026-02-21 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 186)
• 2026-02-21 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-23 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-23 To Government Organization then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 2nd reference dispensed
• 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
• 2026-03-11 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-11 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 476) passage
• 2026-03-12 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 477)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
• 2026-03-13 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 604)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 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
• 2026-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 157, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e003042-57f4-4f84-918f-5a4f6a8d5979. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).