republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4089.md

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Bill	Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”	Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4089	West Virginia HB 4089 (2026)	bill	Health Insurance	enacted	Hall	3	38	2	2026-01-14	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/926bd736-6e76-4e01-a44c-890c451fe47d	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4089&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	1168148a82cfa1fed4fc7ff08a9ffd1fbe8044b63695ff6535e7359780d4edfa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/926bd736-6e76-4e01-a44c-890c451fe47d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).