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WV SB 151

died on adjournment

Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WV SB 151 pass?

No. WV SB 151 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): On 2nd reading, rereferred to Health and Human Resources

What is WV SB 151 about?

WV SB 151 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Exempting life insurance cash value from Medicaid eligibility calculations”.

Who sponsors WV SB 151?

Oliverio is the primary sponsor of WV SB 151, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-02-26 — On 2nd reading, rereferred to Health and Human Resources
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Oliverioprimary
  • Barrettcosponsor
  • Ruckercosponsor
  • Garciacosponsor
  • Woelfelcosponsor
  • Hamiltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-14

    To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-14

    Introduced in Senate

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-14

    To Banking and Insurance

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-22

    Committee substitute reported, but first to Health and Human Resources

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-22

    To Health and Human Resources

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-02-26

    Reported without recommendation

  8. 2026-02-26

    Immediate consideration

  9. 2026-02-26

    Read 1st time

    reading-1

  10. 2026-02-26

    On 2nd reading, rereferred to Health and Human Resources

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=151&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:38:23.680216Z

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