WV SB 937

died on adjournment

Establishing community-based child welfare system program

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WV SB 937 pass?

No. WV SB 937 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 (2026-03-10): To House Finance

What is WV SB 937 about?

WV SB 937 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing community-based child welfare system program”.

Who sponsors WV SB 937?

Willis is the primary sponsor of WV SB 937.

Introduced: 2026-02-12
Latest action: 2026-03-10 — To House Finance
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Human Services

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-12
Filed for introduction
filing
2026-02-12
To Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Introduced in Senate
introduction
2026-02-12
To Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Committee substitute reported
2026-02-27
On 1st reading
2026-02-27
Read 1st time
reading-1
2026-02-27
Motion to refer bill to Finance rejected (Roll No. 269)
referral-committee
2026-03-02
On 2nd reading
2026-03-02
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-03-03
On 3rd reading with right to amend
2026-03-03
Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
2026-03-03
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-03-03
Garcia amendment rejected (Voice vote)
amendment-failure
2026-03-03
Charnock amendments adopted (Roll No. 315)
2026-03-03
Passed Senate (Roll No. 316)
passage
2026-03-03
Ordered to House
2026-03-05
House received Senate message
2026-03-05
Introduced in House
introduction
2026-03-05
To Judiciary then Finance
referral-committee
2026-03-05
To House Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-03-09
Markup Discussion
2026-03-10
With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-03-10
To House Finance
referral-committee

Versions

Charnock amendments adopted (Roll No. 315)Compare
sb937 sfa charnock 3-3 _1 adopted.htmCompare
Introduced VersionCompare
Committee SubstituteCompare
Engrossed Committee SubstituteCompare

Documents

Votes

Passage
2026-03-03 · pass · 31-2
Member-level votes (34)
- AZINGER: yes
- HART: other
- ROSE: yes
- BARNHART: yes
- HELTON: yes
- RUCKER: yes
- BARRETT: yes
- JEFFRIES: yes
- TAKUBO: yes
- BARTLETT: yes
- MARTIN: yes
- TARR: yes
- CHAPMAN: yes
- MAYNARD, M: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- CHARNOCK: yes
- MAYNARD, Z: yes
- THORNE: yes
- CLEMENTS: yes
- MORRIS: yes
- WELD: yes
- DEEDS: yes
- OLIVERIO: yes
- WILLIS: yes
- FULLER: yes
- PHILLIPS: yes
- WOELFEL: no
- GARCIA: no
- QUEEN: yes
- WOODRUM: yes
- GRADY: yes
- ROBERTS: yes
- MR PRESIDENT: yes
- HAMILTON: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=937&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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