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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail"
+description: "Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4606"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4606 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hornby"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-20"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbcf588d-2413-4de2-8ae6-f060cde51a71"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4606&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "38a65854b78a2c771a5b165d11a2f930c0f232ce5214ed054baf2c80b1e79c18"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 4606 (2026) — Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4606%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4606)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4606%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4606)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4606%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4606)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4606%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4606)
+5. **hb4606 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-14%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4606 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-14%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb4606 hfat akers 2-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20hfat%20akers%202-4%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb4606 hfat mcgeehan _1 3-14 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20hfat%20mcgeehan%20_1%203-14%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+9. **hb4606 hfat mcgeehan _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20hfat%20mcgeehan%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+10. **hb4606 sfa garcia _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4606%20sfa%20garcia%20_1%203-12%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **39–56** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **84–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hornby — primary (person)
+- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26** To House Courts `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-01-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-02** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 50) `passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/12/2026
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 544) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House reconsidered its action
+- **2026-03-14** Motion for previous question rejected (Roll No. 695)
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 696)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 712)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 79, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbcf588d-2413-4de2-8ae6-f060cde51a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+