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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization"
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description: "Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization"
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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 742"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 742 (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: ["Helton"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=742&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "56f772640a54d274cd444243ad16b9fabdeb8e83d4bda850e73c1123e127e6bb"
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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 742 (2026) — Modifying requirements for involuntary hospitalization
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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=sb742%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb742%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb742%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=742)
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4. **sb742 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb742%20h%20hhr%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **81–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Helton — primary (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-04** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute reported
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- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading
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- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-21** On 3rd reading
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- **2026-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 181) `passage`
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- **2026-02-21** Ordered to House
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- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
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- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-02-23** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Markup Discussion
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- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 555) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 643)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
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- **2026-04-02** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
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- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
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- **2026-06-25** Chapter 63, 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/e05a745b-8fdd-4fe0-8dae-f2407ab8146c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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