ChangeBridge / West Virginia / HB4865 Signed by Governor
HB4865 House Bill
Signed by Governor
2026-03-14

Providing for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a program allowing election official trainees to be appointed as election officials.

Bill Details

State

West Virginia

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Official Source

www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_hi...

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Sponsors

Joe Funkhouser (Rep - R)
Michael Hornby (Rep - R)
Jarred Cannon (Rep - R)
Rick Hillenbrand (Rep - R)
Jim Butler (Rep - R)
Bill Ridenour (Rep - R)
Scot Heckert (Rep - R)
Wayne Clark (Rep - R)
Matthew Rohrbach (Rep - R)
James Akers (Rep - R)
Jordan Maynor (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-01 H Approved by Governor 4/1/2026
2026-03-14 H Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal
2026-03-14 S Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal
2026-03-14 S To Governor 3/31/2026 - Senate Journal
2026-03-31 H To Governor 3/31/2026
2026-03-14 S House Message received
2026-03-14 H Completed legislative action
2026-03-14 H Communicated to Senate
2026-03-14 H House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 672)
2026-03-14 H House received Senate message
2026-03-13 S Senate requests House to concur
2026-03-13 S Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 549)
2026-03-13 S Read 3rd time
2026-03-13 S On 3rd reading
2026-03-12 S Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2026-03-12 S Read 2nd time
2026-03-12 S On 2nd reading
2026-03-11 S Read 1st time
2026-03-11 S Immediate consideration
2026-03-11 S Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
2026-02-17 S To Judiciary
2026-02-17 S To Judiciary
2026-02-17 S Introduced in Senate
2026-02-16 H Communicated to Senate
2026-02-16 H Passed House (Roll No. 93)
2026-02-16 H Read 3rd time
2026-02-16 H On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2026-02-13 H Read 2nd time
2026-02-13 H On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
2026-02-12 H Read 1st time
2026-02-12 H On 1st reading, Special Calendar
2026-02-11 H By substitute, do pass
2026-02-09 H Markup Discussion
2026-02-06 H To House Judiciary
2026-02-05 H Markup Discussion
2026-02-05 H To House Legal Services
2026-01-28 H To House Judiciary
2026-01-28 H Introduced in House
2026-01-28 H To Judiciary
2026-01-28 H Filed for introduction

Votes

2026-02-16 Passed House (Roll No. 93) Yea: 85 Nay: 10
2026-03-13 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 549) Yea: 34 Nay: 0
2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 672) Yea: 82 Nay: 14

Committee Referrals

2026-01-28 H Judiciary
2026-02-05 H Legal Services
2026-02-06 H Judiciary
2026-02-17 S Judiciary

Amendments

2026-02-06 hb4865 hlgs am. _1 2-6
2026-03-10 hb4865 s jud amt _1 3-10
2026-03-10 hb4865 s jud am _1 3-10
2026-03-10 hb4865 s jud amt _1 3-10 adopted Adopted
2026-03-10 hb4865 s jud am _1 3-10 adopted Adopted

Bill Text Versions

0000-00-00 Introduced
0000-00-00 Comm Sub
0000-00-00 Engrossed
0000-00-00 Enrolled

Subjects

Elections

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