Bill Commons

WV HB 4025

enacted

Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WV HB 4025 pass?

Yes. WV HB 4025 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-29): Chapter 138, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

What is WV HB 4025 about?

WV HB 4025 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4025?

Hanshaw is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4025.

Introduced
2026-01-15
Latest action
2026-06-29 — Chapter 138, Acts, Regular Session, 2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hanshawprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-29

    Chapter 138, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-30

    Approved by Governor 3/27/2026

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-03-25

    To Governor 3/25/26

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-03-14

    Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal

    executive-signature

  5. 2026-03-14

    Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal

    executive-signature

  6. 2026-03-14

    To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal

    executive-receipt

  7. 2026-03-14

    House Message received

  8. 2026-03-14

    Completed legislative action

  9. 2026-03-14

    Communicated to Senate

  10. 2026-03-14

    House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 670)

  11. 2026-03-14

    House received Senate message

  12. 2026-03-13

    Senate requests House to concur

  13. 2026-03-13

    Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 527)

    passage

  14. 2026-03-13

    Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  15. 2026-03-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2026-03-13

    On 3rd reading with right to amend

  17. 2026-03-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2026-03-12

    Immediate consideration

  19. 2026-03-12

    Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment

    committee-passage

  20. 2026-03-11

    On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-03-11

    Read 1st time

    reading-1

  22. 2026-03-11

    Immediate consideration

  23. 2026-03-11

    Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary

    referral-committee

  24. 2026-03-05

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-03-05

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  26. 2026-03-05

    Introduced in Senate

    introduction

  27. 2026-03-04

    Communicated to Senate

  28. 2026-03-04

    Effective date rejected (Roll No. 282)

  29. 2026-03-04

    Passed House (Roll No. 281)

    passage

  30. 2026-03-04

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2026-03-04

    On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  32. 2026-03-03

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  33. 2026-03-03

    On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  34. 2026-03-02

    Read 1st time

    reading-1

  35. 2026-03-02

    On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  36. 2026-02-27

    By substitute, do pass

  37. 2026-02-05

    Markup Discussion

  38. 2026-01-15

    To House Government Organization

    referral-committee

  39. 2026-01-15

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  40. 2026-01-15

    To Government Organization

    referral-committee

  41. 2026-01-15

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-03-04 · pass · 51-38

    Member-level votes (99)
    • Adkins: yes
    • Criss: yes
    • Howell, T: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Akers: yes
    • Crouse: yes
    • Jeffries: yes
    • McGeehan: yes
    • Anders: yes
    • Ellington: yes
    • Jennings: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Fehrenbacher: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Pinson: yes
    • Browning: yes
    • Funkhouser: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Ridenour: yes
    • Burkhammer: yes
    • Gearheart: yes
    • Kyle: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Statler: yes
    • Cannon, D: yes
    • Hite: yes
    • Linville: yes
    • Ward, B: yes
    • Cannon, J: yes
    • Holstein: yes
    • Lucas: yes
    • White: yes
    • Chiarelli: yes
    • Hornby: yes
    • Mallow: yes
    • Willis: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Horst: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Zatezalo: yes
    • Coop-Gonzalez: yes
    • Hott: yes
    • Masters: yes
    • Speaker Hanshaw: yes
    • Cooper: yes
    • Howell, G: yes
    • Mazzocchi: yes
    • Amos: no
    • Flanigan: no
    • Kimble: no
    • Shamblin: no
    • Anderson: no
    • Fluharty: no
    • Lewis: no
    • Sheedy: no
    • Bell: no
    • Foggin: no
    • Marple: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Bridges: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Miller: no
    • Toney: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Hall: no
    • Moore: no
    • Vance: no
    • Canterbury: no
    • Hamilton: no
    • Pritt: no
    • Ward, G: no
    • Clay: no
    • Hansen: no
    • Pushkin: no
    • Williams: no
    • Dillon: no
    • Heckert: no
    • Rohrbach: no
    • Worrell: no
    • Dittman: no
    • Hillenbrand: no
    • Roop: no
    • Young: no
    • Ferrell: no
    • Hornbuckle: no
    • Dean: not voting
    • Maynor: not voting
    • Smith, B: not voting
    • Street: not voting
    • Drennan: not voting
    • Parsons: not voting
    • Smith, D: not voting
    • Watt: not voting
    • Eldridge: not voting
    • Petitto: not voting

  • EFFECT Jul 01, 2026

    2026-03-04 · fail · 65-25

    Member-level votes (99)
    • Adkins: yes
    • Dittman: yes
    • Jennings: yes
    • Pinson: yes
    • Akers: yes
    • Ellington: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Pushkin: yes
    • Amos: yes
    • Fehrenbacher: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Ridenour: yes
    • Anders: yes
    • Funkhouser: yes
    • Kimble: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gearheart: yes
    • Kyle: yes
    • Rohrbach: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Roop: yes
    • Browning: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Linville: yes
    • Statler: yes
    • Burkhammer: yes
    • Hite: yes
    • Lucas: yes
    • Stephens: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Holstein: yes
    • Mallow: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Cannon, D: yes
    • Hornbuckle: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Toney: yes
    • Cannon, J: yes
    • Hornby: yes
    • Masters: yes
    • Ward, B: yes
    • Chiarelli: yes
    • Horst: yes
    • Mazzocchi: yes
    • White: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Hott: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Willis: yes
    • Coop-Gonzalez: yes
    • Howell, G: yes
    • McGeehan: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Cooper: yes
    • Howell, T: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Zatezalo: yes
    • Criss: yes
    • Jeffries: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Speaker Hanshaw: yes
    • Crouse: yes
    • Bell: no
    • Flanigan: no
    • Heckert: no
    • Shamblin: no
    • Bridges: no
    • Fluharty: no
    • Hillenbrand: no
    • Sheedy: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Foggin: no
    • Lewis: no
    • Vance: no
    • Canterbury: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Marple: no
    • Ward, G: no
    • Clay: no
    • Hall: no
    • Miller: no
    • Williams: no
    • Dillon: no
    • Hamilton: no
    • Pritt: no
    • Young: no
    • Ferrell: no
    • Dean: not voting
    • Maynor: not voting
    • Petitto: not voting
    • Smith, D: not voting
    • Drennan: not voting
    • Parsons: not voting
    • Smith, B: not voting
    • Watt: not voting
    • Eldridge: not voting

  • Passage

    2026-03-13 · pass · 24-9

    Member-level votes (34)
    • AZINGER: yes
    • HART: yes
    • ROSE: yes
    • BARNHART: yes
    • HELTON: yes
    • RUCKER: yes
    • BARRETT: yes
    • JEFFRIES: yes
    • TAKUBO: yes
    • BARTLETT: yes
    • MARTIN: yes
    • TARR: yes
    • CHAPMAN: other
    • MAYNARD, M: yes
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • CHARNOCK: yes
    • MAYNARD, Z: yes
    • THORNE: yes
    • CLEMENTS: no
    • MORRIS: no
    • WELD: no
    • DEEDS: yes
    • OLIVERIO: no
    • WILLIS: yes
    • FULLER: yes
    • PHILLIPS: yes
    • WOELFEL: no
    • GARCIA: no
    • QUEEN: no
    • WOODRUM: yes
    • GRADY: no
    • ROBERTS: yes
    • MR PRESIDENT: yes
    • HAMILTON: no

  • PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB

    2026-03-14 · pass · 62-34

    Member-level votes (99)
    • Akers: yes
    • Ellington: yes
    • Kelly: yes
    • Parsons: yes
    • Anders: yes
    • Fehrenbacher: yes
    • Kimble: yes
    • Petitto: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Ferrell: yes
    • Kyle: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Funkhouser: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Pinson: yes
    • Browning: yes
    • Gearheart: yes
    • Linville: yes
    • Ridenour: yes
    • Burkhammer: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Lucas: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Hite: yes
    • Mallow: yes
    • Rohrbach: yes
    • Cannon, D: yes
    • Holstein: yes
    • Martin: yes
    • Smith, D: yes
    • Cannon, J: yes
    • Hornby: yes
    • Masters: yes
    • Statler: yes
    • Chiarelli: yes
    • Horst: yes
    • Maynor: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Hott: yes
    • Mazzocchi: yes
    • Ward, B: yes
    • Coop-Gonzalez: yes
    • Howell, G: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • White: yes
    • Cooper: yes
    • Howell, T: yes
    • McGeehan: yes
    • Willis: yes
    • Criss: yes
    • Jeffries: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Zatezalo: yes
    • Crouse: yes
    • Jennings: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Speaker Hanshaw: yes
    • Dillon: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Adkins: no
    • Eldridge: no
    • Hillenbrand: no
    • Stephens: no
    • Amos: no
    • Flanigan: no
    • Hornbuckle: no
    • Toney: no
    • Bell: no
    • Fluharty: no
    • Lewis: no
    • Vance: no
    • Bridges: no
    • Foggin: no
    • Pritt: no
    • Ward, G: no
    • Campbell: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Pushkin: no
    • Watt: no
    • Canterbury: no
    • Hall: no
    • Roop: no
    • Williams: no
    • Clay: no
    • Hamilton: no
    • Shamblin: no
    • Worrell: no
    • Dittman: no
    • Hansen: no
    • Sheedy: no
    • Young: no
    • Drennan: no
    • Heckert: no
    • Dean: not voting
    • Marple: not voting
    • Smith, B: not voting

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https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4025&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

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