---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act"
description: "Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4009"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4009 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00572110-97c8-4235-a042-e91f2dc3e747"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4009&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dd2e23b374dcc3905d805a5d09fe442399d3f80a06f3b67382b4475aa0e0c712"
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 4009 (2026) — Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

## 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=hb4009%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4009%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4009%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4009%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
5. **hb4009 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4009%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-14%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4009 s bnk am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4009%20s%20bnk%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4009 sfat azinger _1 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4009%20sfat%20azinger%20_1%203-14%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Green — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 117) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-13** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Finance comm amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2026-03-14** Banking and Insurance com amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 676) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 701)
- **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. 708)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **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 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 281, 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/00572110-97c8-4235-a042-e91f2dc3e747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).