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WV HB 4080

died on adjournment

To provide for partisan races for mayoral and city council races, and provide for the election of mayors by citizens of a town or municipality.

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 4080 pass?

No. WV HB 4080 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 (2026-01-27): Markup Discussion

What is WV HB 4080 about?

WV HB 4080 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “To provide for partisan races for mayoral and city council races, and provide for the election of mayors by citizens of a town or municipality.”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4080?

Willis is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4080, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-01-27 — Markup Discussion
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Willisprimary
  • Martincosponsor
  • Hitecosponsor
  • Holsteincosponsor
  • Funkhousercosponsor
  • Phillipscosponsor
  • Stephenscosponsor
  • Chiarellicosponsor
  • Hornbycosponsor

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

  5. 2026-01-22

    To House Legal Services

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-22

    Markup Discussion

  7. 2026-01-23

    To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-27

    Markup Discussion

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4080&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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

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