republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4577.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to driver’s licenses	Relating to driver’s licenses	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4577	West Virginia HB 4577 (2026)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Hornby	6	38	3	2026-01-20	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d78032f4-1502-467d-a0f0-8c6a6328fa69	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4577&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	713c06e9f415a00f0a7354805cb49471d1f835ec4e36c80db4bdc4e6919a0d3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4577 (2026) — Relating to driver’s licenses

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. hb4577 s trn am _1 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4577 s trn amt _1 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 88–7 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hornby — primary (person)
• Akers — cosponsor (person)
• Criss — cosponsor (person)
• Crouse — cosponsor (person)
• Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
• Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Heckert — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle — cosponsor (person)
• Maynor — cosponsor (person)
• McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
• Sheedy — 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
• 2026-02-17 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-18 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-19 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-20 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Passed House (Roll No. 144) passage
• 2026-02-20 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-21 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-21 To Transportation and Infrastructure
• 2026-02-21 To Transportation and Infrastructure
• 2026-03-11 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-12 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 538) passage
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 675)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-31 To Governor 3/31/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/31/2026 - Senate Journal 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 237, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d78032f4-1502-467d-a0f0-8c6a6328fa69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).