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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2863: Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office.

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 2863 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Clarifying the sheriff’s authority to hire within their office. Primary sponsor: Eric Brooks (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 7, 2025): To House Government Organization.

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 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric BrooksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Marshall ClayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
FlaniganCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jordan MaynorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Bill RoopCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Chris ToneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43

“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 Government Organization
  2. To House Government Adminstration
  3. To House Government Organization
  4. Introduced in House
  5. To Government Organization
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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