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WV HB 4694

died on adjournment

To require that when a person’s driver’s license expires, the bar code on the back of the license expires as well.

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 4694 pass?

No. WV HB 4694 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 (2026-01-23): To House Government Adminstration

What is WV HB 4694 about?

WV HB 4694 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “To require that when a person’s driver’s license expires, the bar code on the back of the license expires as well.”.

Who sponsors WV HB 4694?

Drennan is the primary sponsor of WV HB 4694, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-01-23 — To House Government Adminstration
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Drennanprimary
  • Stephenscosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor
  • Kylecosponsor
  • Dittmancosponsor
  • Foggincosponsor
  • Crousecosponsor
  • Hitecosponsor
  • Hornbycosponsor
  • Moorecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-21

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-01-21

    To Government Organization

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-21

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-01-21

    To House Government Organization

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-23

    To House Government Adminstration

    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=4694&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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

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