republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4606.md

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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 the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail	Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4606	West Virginia HB 4606 (2026)	bill	Crime	enacted	Hornby	10	52	4	2026-01-20	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cbcf588d-2413-4de2-8ae6-f060cde51a71	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4606&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	38a65854b78a2c771a5b165d11a2f930c0f232ce5214ed054baf2c80b1e79c18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4606 (2026) — Relating to the meaning of residence for the purpose of bail

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. hb4606 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4606 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb4606 hfat akers 2-4 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb4606 hfat mcgeehan _1 3-14 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
9. hb4606 hfat mcgeehan _1 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
10. hb4606 sfa garcia _1 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PREVIOUS QUESTION — 39–56 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE — 92–2 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 84–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hornby — primary (person)
• Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-20 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-20 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 To House Courts referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Markup Discussion
• 2026-01-28 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-02 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-03 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-03 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-04 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-04 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-04 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-02-05 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-05 Passed House (Roll No. 50) passage
• 2026-02-05 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-02-05 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-06 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-12 Laid over on 3rd reading 3/12/2026
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
• 2026-03-13 Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate (Roll No. 544) passage
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House reconsidered its action
• 2026-03-14 Motion for previous question rejected (Roll No. 695)
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 696)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 712)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - 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 79, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbcf588d-2413-4de2-8ae6-f060cde51a71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).