republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5401.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 voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas	Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5401	West Virginia HB 5401 (2026)	bill	Elections	enacted	Funkhouser	6	44	4	2026-02-10	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b63dc128-231e-4237-9acb-75a610be035c	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5401&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ee43ed3474fc882d08f964df58d6e1dc1025563f534f42b02a2caf3f588dc13d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5401 (2026) — Relating to voting in West Virginia elections while residing overseas

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. hb5401 s jud am 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb5401 s jud amt 3-11 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EFFECT Jan 01, 2027 — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Funkhouser — primary (person)
• Akers — cosponsor (person)
• Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Dittman — cosponsor (person)
• Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
• Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Masters — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Roop — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-10 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-10 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 To House Legal Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-17 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-26 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-27 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-02 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed House (Roll No. 267) passage
• 2026-03-03 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-04 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-04 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 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. 566) 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. 651)
• 2026-03-14 Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 652)
• 2026-03-14 House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 Effective ninety days from passage
• 2026-03-30 To Governor 3/30/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/30/2026 - 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 136, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b63dc128-231e-4237-9acb-75a610be035c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).