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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4402: Relating to school protection officers

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 4402 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to school protection officers. Primary sponsor: Scot Heckert (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): To House Education.

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Scot HeckertPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Dave FogginCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Rick HillenbrandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88

“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 Education
  2. Markup Discussion
  3. To House Public Education
  4. To House Education
  5. Introduced in House
  6. To Education then Judiciary
  7. Filed for introduction

Sources

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