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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reforming State Personnel System"
description: "Reforming State Personnel System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5441"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5441 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47929e00-905b-4249-acc4-155702de3d84"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5441&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "768144581fd2893917a448b08ba3c63bcfbdf275e834988cb7df3487549dea91"
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 5441 (2026) — Reforming State Personnel 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=hb5441%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5441%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5441)
5. **hb5441 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5441%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **7516** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **286** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **7423** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **7126** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **5832** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hanshaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2026-03-03** Amendments pending
- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 313) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 314)
- **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 `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 (Roll No. 567) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 568)
- **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. 649)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 650)
- **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`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 3, 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/47929e00-905b-4249-acc4-155702de3d84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).