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WV HB 5602

died on adjournment

Provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county.

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 5602 pass?

No. WV HB 5602 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 (2026-02-16): To House Government Organization

What is WV HB 5602 about?

WV HB 5602 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county.”.

Who sponsors WV HB 5602?

Funkhouser is the primary sponsor of WV HB 5602, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-02-16
Latest action
2026-02-16 — To House Government Organization
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Funkhouserprimary
  • Linvillecosponsor
  • Petittocosponsor
  • Whitecosponsor
  • Chiarellicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-16

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-02-16

    To Government Organization

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-16

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-02-16

    To House Government Organization

    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=5602&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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

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