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WV HB 4049

died on adjournment

Relating to the creation of the Criminal Forfeiture Process Act replacing the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 4049 pass?

No. WV HB 4049 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-14): To House Judiciary

What is WV HB 4049 about?

WV HB 4049 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to the creation of the Criminal Forfeiture Process Act replacing the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4049?

Horst is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4049, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-01-14 — To House Judiciary
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Horstprimary
  • Ridenourcosponsor
  • Phillipscosponsor
  • Masterscosponsor
  • Martincosponsor
  • Wardcosponsor
  • Kimblecosponsor
  • Hillenbrandcosponsor
  • Deancosponsor
  • Clarkcosponsor
  • Mallowcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-14

    To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-14

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-14

    To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:38:23.680216Z

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