republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4801.md

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Bill	Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties	Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4801	West Virginia HB 4801 (2026)	bill	Counties Municipalities	enacted	Pritt	3	39	2	2026-01-26	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/8d87874a-cf75-4898-ac2e-45edd0cba792	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4801&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ab5c5531b8d7bebd7538d5afd832cf721a0e908eb61f53b722e94e1da83fc6ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4801 (2026) — Defining Permissible expenditures for municipalities and counties

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 — 89–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pritt — primary (person)
• Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
• Hornby — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-26 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-26 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-04 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-09 Do pass
• 2026-02-10 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/26
• 2026-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Passed House (Roll No. 90) 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
• 2026-03-10 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 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 492) passage
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 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 83, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d87874a-cf75-4898-ac2e-45edd0cba792. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).