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Bill
Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs
Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
HB 4696
West Virginia HB 4696 (2026)
enacted
4
38
3
2026-01-21
2026-06-29
openstates
ocd-bill/354881bb-b1b5-4db5-9756-b1bebc9471fb
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4696&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill de0d449b42dd45fe1d8421637b7defe91c3cdf310788548f8c1c847cd0138840
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia HB 4696 (2026) — Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to deposit funds granted pursuant to federal programs
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source hb4696 hfat anderson 2-3 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 94– (pass) · lower
Passage — 33– (pass) · upper
EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — 95– (pass) · lower
Anderson — primary (person)
Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
Holstein — cosponsor (person)
Riley — cosponsor (person)
Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
Street — cosponsor (person)
Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-21 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-21 To Energy and Public Works2026-01-21 Introduced in House introduction2026-01-21 To House Energy and Public Works referral-committee2026-01-27 Markup Discussion2026-02-02 Do pass2026-02-03 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2026-02-03 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-04 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-04 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-05 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-02-05 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-05 Passed House (Roll No. 51) passage2026-02-05 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-02-05 Communicated to Senate2026-02-06 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-02-06 To Energy, Industry, and Mining2026-02-06 To Energy, Industry, and Mining2026-02-16 Reported do pass committee-passage2026-02-17 On 1st reading2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-18 On 2nd reading2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-19 On 3rd reading2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 155) passage2026-02-19 Effective from passage (Roll No. 156)2026-02-19 Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date2026-02-20 House received Senate message2026-02-20 Effective from passage (Roll No. 136)2026-02-20 Communicated to Senate2026-02-19 Completed legislative action2026-02-21 House Message received2026-02-26 To Governor 2/23/2026 executive-receipt2026-02-25 To Governor 2/23/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-02-25 Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 executive-signature2026-02-25 Approved by Governor 2/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-06-29 Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/354881bb-b1b5-4db5-9756-b1bebc9471fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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