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Bill Clarifying the sheriffs authority to hire within their office. Clarifying the sheriffs authority to hire within their office. us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2026 HB 4561 West Virginia HB 4561 (2026)
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West Virginia HB 4561 (2026) — Clarifying the sheriffs authority to hire within their office.

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 — 340 (pass) · upper
  • PASSAGE — 880 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brooks — primary (person)
  • Green — cosponsor (person)
  • Martin — cosponsor (person)
  • Pritt — cosponsor (person)
  • Roop — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-20 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-20 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2026-01-20 To House Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2026-02-05 Markup Discussion
  • 2026-02-10 Do pass
  • 2026-02-11 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2026-02-11 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2026-02-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2026-02-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2026-02-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2026-02-13 Passed House (Roll No. 87) passage
  • 2026-02-13 Communicated to Senate
  • 2026-02-16 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2026-02-16 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2026-02-16 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2026-03-05 Reported do pass committee-passage
  • 2026-03-06 On 1st reading
  • 2026-03-06 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2026-03-09 On 2nd reading
  • 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. 401) 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 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 210, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a2c08ca-eab2-494a-81b7-a05b924d3f7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).