---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials"
description: "Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4404"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4404 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipalities", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heckert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0df2578-ac74-448f-b89b-ba0012f0c8b2"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4404&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "22cde40c3c1a847eece8f43c2eae873771358045d2a14662d8a12aef180dddcf"
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 4404 (2026) — Increase the allowance for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and allowing fire departments to make an expenditure for educational and training supplies and fire prevention promotional materials

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4404%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4404)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4404%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4404)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4404%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4404)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heckert — primary (person)
- Amos — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Do pass
- **2026-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 160) `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 161)
- **2026-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** To Finance `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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 478) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 479)
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **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`
- **2026-03-14** 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 290, 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/c0df2578-ac74-448f-b89b-ba0012f0c8b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).