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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations"
description: "Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 772"
citation: "West Virginia SB 772 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=772&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ee899bba0bad6640ac48909fe332cd7f2e059c687f98a836aaff8bb475cc2f7f"
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 772 (2026) — Declaring certain claims against WV to be moral obligations
## 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=sb772%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb772%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=772)
5. **sb772 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb772%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb772 hfa canterbury _ mazzocchi 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb772%20hfa%20canterbury%20_%20mazzocchi%203-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb772 sfa barrett _1 2-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb772%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%202-11%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **892** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **883** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barrett — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 81) `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 82)
- **2026-02-16** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-16** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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)
- **2026-03-12** Committee 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. 556) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 557)
- **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. 628)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 629)
- **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 73, 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/d040506c-afe1-4f19-86a4-f9a7a70acdb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).