republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4881.md

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Bill	Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer	Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4881	West Virginia HB 4881 (2026)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Ferrell	3	37	2	2026-01-28	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0d36ab60-f568-42b1-9922-1bf688daed8f	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4881&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	64ed23abbca9dca82291aa64d48e7d6d72a55c3921372d041e5302ec0defeab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4881 (2026) — Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer

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 — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ferrell — primary (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Pritt — cosponsor (person)
• Sheedy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-28 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-28 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-06 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-11 Do pass
• 2026-02-12 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-12 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-13 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Passed House (Roll No. 94) passage
• 2026-02-16 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-17 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-17 To Transportation and Infrastructure
• 2026-02-17 To Transportation and Infrastructure
• 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. 404) 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 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-17 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 238, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d36ab60-f568-42b1-9922-1bf688daed8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).