---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”"
description: "Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4089"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4089 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926bd736-6e76-4e01-a44c-890c451fe47d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4089&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1168148a82cfa1fed4fc7ff08a9ffd1fbe8044b63695ff6535e7359780d4edfa"
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 4089 (2026) — Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”

## 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=hb4089%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4089)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4089%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4089)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4089%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4089)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Do pass
- **2026-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 73) `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/6/2026
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 393) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 179, 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/926bd736-6e76-4e01-a44c-890c451fe47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).