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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishing First Amendment Preservation Act"
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description: "Establishing First Amendment Preservation 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: "SB 531"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 531 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-20"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc560c0e-71fd-4f0a-8ea6-45da88d4f6ca"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=531&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "3998c8e33e9e6a4a599466f4c0b8703f2d181e3fc8bf16483d0b353477fa076f"
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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 SB 531 (2026) — Establishing First Amendment Preservation 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=sb531%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=531)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb531%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=531)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb531%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=531)
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4. **sb531 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb531%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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5. **sb531 h jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb531%20h%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **82–12** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **87–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azinger — primary (person)
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- Charnock — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Helton — cosponsor (person)
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- Morris — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Willis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute reported
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- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading
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- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) `passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 77)
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- **2026-02-13** Ordered to House
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- **2026-02-16** House received Senate message
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- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 424) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 425)
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- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-13** House Message received
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- **2026-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 598)
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- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 599)
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- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
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- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
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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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- **2026-06-25** Chapter 153, 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/cc560c0e-71fd-4f0a-8ea6-45da88d4f6ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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