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type: "Bill"
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title: "Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026"
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description: "Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026"
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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 4982"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4982 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4dfed1-01de-4ab2-b641-7015c189e063"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4982&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "3b5f137d041be9d44d4fd49ac215506fe285c737840f9a56b6c3a74798a0d0b8"
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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 4982 (2026) — Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026
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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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4982%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4982)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4982%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4982)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4982%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4982)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4982%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4982)
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5. **hb4982 hfa clark 2-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4982%20hfa%20clark%202-4%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb4982 hfa statler and toney 2-6 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4982%20hfa%20statler%20and%20toney%202-6%20_2%20adopted.htm)
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7. **hb4982 s hhr am _ 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4982%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%202-12%20adopted.htm)
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8. **hb4982 sfa deeds _ 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4982%20sfa%20deeds%20_%202-18%20adopted.htm)
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9. **hb4982 sfat helton _ 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4982%20sfat%20helton%20_%202-18%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **91–4** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–6** (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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- **2026-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-29** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-29** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-04** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 60) `passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-16** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading
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- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-18** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-18** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 159) `passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Title amendment adopted
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- **2026-02-19** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-02-20** House received Senate message
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- **2026-02-20** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 135)
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- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-20** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-02-21** House Message received
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- **2026-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/23/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/28/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 196, 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/bb4dfed1-01de-4ab2-b641-7015c189e063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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