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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 956: Authorizing physician assistants to own business

Passed one chamber 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 956 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizing physician assistants to own business. Primary sponsor: Chris Rose (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): To House Health and Human Resources.

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
Chris RosePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“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 House Health and Human Resources
  2. To Health and Human Resources
  3. Introduced in House
  4. House received Senate message
  5. Ordered to House
  6. Title amendment adopted
  7. Passed Senate (Roll No. 299)
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Laid over on 3rd reading 3/2/2026
  10. On 3rd reading
  11. Read 2nd time
  12. On 2nd reading

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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