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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system"
description: "Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4025"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4025 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6137f07c-1f40-4968-86db-8e70860aff73"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4025&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "87bc8512d1e11649a34d1851d29e65d46a49ecd1e305c7358d9cbf3a66550b0e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 4025 (2026) — Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4025%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4025)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4025%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4025)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4025%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4025)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4025%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4025)
5. **hb4025 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4025%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4025 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4025%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **6525** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **6234** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **5138** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **249** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hanshaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-27** By substitute, 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. 281) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective date rejected (Roll No. 282)
- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 527) `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. 670)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **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 138, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6137f07c-1f40-4968-86db-8e70860aff73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).