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WV HB 5659

died on adjournment

Relating to the development and implementation of a comprehensive model for the estimation of child care costs to be used in determining child care subsidy reimbursement rates.

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WV HB 5659 pass?

No. WV HB 5659 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 (2026-02-17): To House Health and Human Resources

What is WV HB 5659 about?

WV HB 5659 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to the development and implementation of a comprehensive model for the estimation of child care costs to be used in determining child care subsidy reimbursement rates.”.

Who sponsors WV HB 5659?

Fehrenbacher is the primary sponsor of WV HB 5659, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-02-17
Latest action
2026-02-17 — To House Health and Human Resources
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Fehrenbacherprimary
  • Hitecosponsor
  • Drennancosponsor
  • McCormickcosponsor
  • Moorecosponsor
  • Dittmancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-17

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2026-02-17

    To Health and Human Resources

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-17

    Introduced in House

    introduction

  4. 2026-02-17

    To House Health and Human Resources

    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=5659&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

Attribution

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

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