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WV HB 4405

died on adjournment

Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 4405 pass?

No. WV HB 4405 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 (2026-02-12): To House Finance

What is WV HB 4405 about?

WV HB 4405 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4405?

Heckert is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4405, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-16
Latest action
2026-02-12 — To House Finance
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Heckertprimary
  • Funkhousercosponsor
  • Hillenbrandcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-16

    To Judiciary then Finance

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-16

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-16

    To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-06

    To House Legal Services

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-06

    Markup Discussion

  7. 2026-02-09

    To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-02-10

    Markup Discussion

  9. 2026-02-12

    Do pass, but first to Finance

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-02-12

    To House Finance

    referral-committee

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=4405&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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

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