republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4638.md

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Bill	Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors	Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4638	West Virginia HB 4638 (2026)	bill	Elections Health	enacted	Worrell	4	38	2	2026-01-21	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4638&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	2902d17b4360661a6c50f235c9e66e25f3dc8c387a77c0751cccd4f1a4eb6d9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4638 (2026) — Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. hb4638 hfat akers 2-18 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 30–4 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 88–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Worrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-21 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-21 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-09 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-16 Do pass
• 2026-02-17 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-19 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Passed House (Roll No. 128) passage
• 2026-02-19 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-19 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-20 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-20 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (Roll No. 402) passage
• 2026-03-10 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-10 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-10 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-11 To Governor 3/11/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-11 To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 134, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).