---
type: "Bill"
title: "To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts"
description: "To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4176"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4176 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6980201-0153-4c04-aa00-acc622ad7678"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4176&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5de9d77d80ab68962ff9567909e11421982257240c2517b4a42cd8988c8f990a"
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 4176 (2026) — To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts

## 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=hb4176%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horst — primary (person)
- B — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **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
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 283) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 531) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 245, 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/f6980201-0153-4c04-aa00-acc622ad7678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).