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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Womens Collegiate Sports Protection Act"
description: "Womens Collegiate Sports Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 502"
citation: "West Virginia SB 502 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8908c92a-eb58-4cfa-b706-48d50b131560"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=502&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3d71e185f0013a2478feed4bfecc893df0e49bf1414f64932f05f6c7d160cfcf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia SB 502 (2026) — Womens Collegiate Sports Protection Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb502%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=502)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb502%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=502)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb502%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=502)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb502%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=502)
5. **sb502 hfa lewis 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb502%20hfa%20lewis%203-12%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **960** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Taylor — primary (person)
- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Helton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-19** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Com. sub. for com. sub. reported
- **2026-02-27** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 292) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 293)
- **2026-03-03** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-11** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2026-03-11** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 532) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 533)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 664)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 665)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 170, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8908c92a-eb58-4cfa-b706-48d50b131560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).