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WV HB 4442

died on adjournment

To require state employees making over $75,000 base salary are to become “at will employees of the state”, while all employees making under $75,000 base salary will have the rule of 80 retirement reinstated and accrued sick leave be used to extend service years upon retirement.

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 4442 pass?

No. WV HB 4442 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 (2026-01-16): To House Finance

What is WV HB 4442 about?

WV HB 4442 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “To require state employees making over $75,000 base salary are to become “at will employees of the state”, while all employees making under $75,000 base salary will have the rule of 80 retirement reinstated and accrued sick leave be used to extend service years upon retirement.”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4442?

Sheedy is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4442.

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

Sponsors

  • Sheedyprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-16

    To Finance

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-16

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-16

    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=4442&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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