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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses"
description: "Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "West Virginia SB 755 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4310e7c-b4a0-4b07-b909-2e3fceea87d0"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=755&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c9e4a24f0cdcf8e4af114fef970e72b1e58dedce57e4bfbbde74f69487b0785c"
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 755 (2026) — Removing state agencies' requirement to submit annual reports for certain businesses
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=755)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb755%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=755)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **923** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 225) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-26** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 394) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 156, 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/c4310e7c-b4a0-4b07-b909-2e3fceea87d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).