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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reforming State Personnel System"
+description: "Reforming State Personnel System"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5441"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5441 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47929e00-905b-4249-acc4-155702de3d84"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5441&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "768144581fd2893917a448b08ba3c63bcfbdf275e834988cb7df3487549dea91"
+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 5441 (2026) — Reforming State Personnel System
+
+## 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=hb5441%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
+5. **hb5441 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5441%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **75–16** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **28–6** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **74–23** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **71–26** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **58–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hanshaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-27** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Amendments pending
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 313) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 314)
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 568)
+- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 649)
+- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 650)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 3, 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/47929e00-905b-4249-acc4-155702de3d84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+