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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors"
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description: "Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4638"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4638 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-21"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4638&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "2902d17b4360661a6c50f235c9e66e25f3dc8c387a77c0751cccd4f1a4eb6d9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4638 (2026) — Relating to registration of voters and voluntary registration of organ donors
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4638%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4638%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4638%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4638)
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4. **hb4638 hfat akers 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4638%20hfat%20akers%202-18%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Worrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-21** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-16** Do pass
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- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 128) `passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-19** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
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- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 402) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
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- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 134, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95da629b-c834-4e7b-a515-634c480ed4fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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