republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4004.md

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Bill	Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program	Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4004	West Virginia HB 4004 (2026)	bill	Economic Development	enacted	Worrell	6	43	6	2026-01-14	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ca11e9be-f43c-4460-aadf-8f1fdd486602	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4004&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	76355a8c7ef1a3953bb4c3fcc2c6443ac9e781818af3860199a6d040ecb7d969	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4004 (2026) — Creating the Recharge West Virginia Program

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
5. Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 705) (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4004 s fin am _1 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 89–6 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 87–6 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• PREVIOUS QUESTION — 55–40 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 86–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Worrell — primary (person)
• Adkins — cosponsor (person)
• Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• Browning — cosponsor (person)
• Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
• Drennan — cosponsor (person)
• Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
• Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Petitto — cosponsor (person)
• Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
• White — 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
• 2026-01-30 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
• 2026-02-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Passed House (Roll No. 44 ) passage
• 2026-02-04 Effective from passage (Roll No. 45)
• 2026-02-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-05 To Economic Development then Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 To Economic Development referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 To Finance referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-12 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-13 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 Finance com. amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-14 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-14 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-14 Passed Senate (Roll No. 704) passage
• 2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 705)
• 2026-03-14 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 705)
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 706)
• 2026-03-14 Effective from passage (Roll No. 707)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 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 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca11e9be-f43c-4460-aadf-8f1fdd486602. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).