WV HB 4442

in committee

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

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

Subjects

State Personnel

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Action timeline

2026-01-16
Filed for introduction
filing
2026-01-16
To Finance
referral-committee
2026-01-16
Introduced in House
introduction
2026-01-16
To House Finance
referral-committee

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Official source

https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4442&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

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