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Bill
Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors
Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
SB 897
West Virginia SB 897 (2026)
enacted
7
44
2
2026-02-10
2026-06-25
openstates
ocd-bill/76c510fa-763a-4ddc-9509-81580ba175b3
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=897&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill d50eed45e3f3da8cc9fd83896df5a19ed5acd322f313befbcef54a4c1da720d4
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia SB 897 (2026) — Relating to licensure and certification of alcohol and drug counselors
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb897 h go am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb897 hfa phillips 3-11 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb897 hfa phillips 3-12 _2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb897 hfa pushkin 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb897 hfat phillips 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
Passage — 33– (pass) · upper
PASSAGE — 95– (pass) · lower
Helton — primary (person)
Morris — cosponsor (person)
Rose — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-02-10 Filed for introduction filing2026-02-10 To Health and Human Resources then Finance referral-committee2026-02-10 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-10 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-02-24 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage2026-02-24 To Finance referral-committee2026-03-02 Reported do pass committee-passage2026-03-02 Immediate consideration2026-03-02 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-03 On 2nd reading2026-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-04 On 3rd reading2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-04 Passed Senate (Roll No. 345) passage2026-03-04 Ordered to House2026-03-05 House received Senate message2026-03-05 Introduced in House introduction2026-03-05 To Government Organization referral-committee2026-03-05 To House Government Organization referral-committee2026-03-11 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2026-03-11 Immediate consideration2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 589) passage2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 674)2026-03-14 Communicated to House2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-19 To Governor 3/19/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-06-25 Chapter 252, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/76c510fa-763a-4ddc-9509-81580ba175b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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