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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2465: To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2465 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: To prohibit counties, towns and municipalities from using taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to represent them at the State level. Primary sponsor: Chris Anders (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2025): To House Local Governments.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris AndersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Jordan BridgesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Mark DeanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Laura KimbleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
KumpCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bill RidenourCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Lisa WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse96

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To House Local Governments
  2. To House Government Organization
  3. Introduced in House
  4. To Government Organization then Judiciary
  5. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source