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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process"
description: "Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "West Virginia SB 741 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a23032f8-e007-4e88-8dc6-4b868df9fb84"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=741&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9338c1376c39e2bb48ac7bc78552b56b3b32ef107f0513a6862a56856c2333cd"
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 741 (2026) — Expanding pilot program to implement involuntary commitment process
## 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=sb741%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=741)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb741%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=741)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb741%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=741)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **923** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Helton — primary (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2026-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 276) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 443) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 177, 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/a23032f8-e007-4e88-8dc6-4b868df9fb84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).