---
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).