---
type: "Bill"
title: "To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property."
description: "To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4484"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4484 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e089d4-871b-4b90-ac57-2b8d6fd1f215"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4484&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "28d4301c612c0c420f41f003bd8b13df9b2c0d4553797a4b0e2744fa46f59780"
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 4484 (2026) — To expand each county commission’s ability to sell or lease property.

## 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=hb4484%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4484)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4484%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4484)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4484%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4484)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4484%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4484)
5. **hb4484 hfa funkhouser 2-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4484%20hfa%20funkhouser%202-2%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4484 s gov am _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4484%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark — primary (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-30** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Passed House (Roll No. 47) `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 48)
- **2026-02-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 374) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 375)
- **2026-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 378)
- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 379)
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **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** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 273, 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/33e089d4-871b-4b90-ac57-2b8d6fd1f215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).