republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-970.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Exempting volunteer fire departments from raffle regulations	Exempting volunteer fire departments from raffle regulations	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 970	West Virginia SB 970 (2026)	bill	Public Safety	enacted	Morris	3	36	3	2026-02-17	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2243f8f1-ec3d-4d0e-9b9f-7709208b5fe2	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=970&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	6a2ec52275536fb0cffd92fc103af68f5a12be321d7189181b8503d2a291442e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 970 (2026) — Exempting volunteer fire departments from raffle regulations

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Morris — primary (person)
• Hamilton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-17 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-17 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Committee substitute reported
• 2026-02-26 Immediate consideration
• 2026-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-27 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-02 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (Roll No. 280) passage
• 2026-03-02 Effective from passage (Roll No. 281)
• 2026-03-02 Ordered to House
• 2026-03-03 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-03 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-03-03 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Do pass
• 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
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 480) passage
• 2026-03-12 Effective from passage (Roll No. 481)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 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 288, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2243f8f1-ec3d-4d0e-9b9f-7709208b5fe2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).