republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-5622.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	Amendments to city charters.	Amendments to city charters.	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 5622	West Virginia HB 5622 (2026)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Chiarelli	4	35	2	2026-02-16	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/24cdf84b-c20c-44a4-955c-b453b94c17e2	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5622&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	8e3b43fd83b5593dd9b5245880db8f1321159a5dc8a8a3f5b4a306f319394887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5622 (2026) — Amendments to city charters.

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

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chiarelli — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-16 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-16 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-03-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-27 Do pass
• 2026-03-02 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-02 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed House (Roll No. 334) passage
• 2026-03-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-03-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 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. 513) passage
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-12 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-13 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/26 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 244, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24cdf84b-c20c-44a4-955c-b453b94c17e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).