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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 589: Relating to recovery residences

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 589 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to recovery residences. Primary sponsor: Brian Helton (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 6, 2026): To Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brian HeltonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Jay TaylorCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Judiciary
  2. Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary
  3. To Health and Human Resources
  4. Introduced in Senate
  5. To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source