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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating the Vape Safety Act"
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description: "Creating the Vape Safety Act"
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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 5437"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 5437 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Public Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McCormick"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebf2ef4-5582-4d26-b151-656c71b5e6ae"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5437&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "5501790eabafdd900efcf399ae68d66501331032a53f1c081b38b1e211e74172"
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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 5437 (2026) — Creating the Vape Safety Act
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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=hb5437%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5437%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5437)
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5. **hb5437 hfa lucas 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfa%20lucas%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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6. **hb5437 hfa worrell 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfa%20worrell%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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7. **hb5437 hfat worrell 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20hfat%20worrell%202-27%20adopted.htm)
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8. **hb5437 s hhr am _ 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5437%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%203-4%20adopted.htm)
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9. **hb5437 sfa helton _ 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20sfa%20helton%20_%203-10%20adopted.htm)
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10. **hb5437 sfat helton _ 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5437%20sfat%20helton%20_%203-9%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- HFA DEAN 2-26 #2 — **26–67** (fail) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–5** (pass) · lower
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- HFA CLARK 2-24 #1 — **29–61** (fail) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- McCormick — primary (person)
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- Akers — cosponsor (person)
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- Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
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- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
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- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
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- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-11** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-11** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2026-02-23** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/26/2026
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- **2026-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Amendments pending
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- **2026-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 225) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 226) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 227) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-03-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
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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 with right to amend
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- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment reported
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- **2026-03-10** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 414) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
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- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 506)
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- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 265, 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/8ebf2ef4-5582-4d26-b151-656c71b5e6ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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