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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4405: Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation

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 4405 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding the reasons that an executive director may create, merge, or dissolve a public defender corporation. Primary sponsor: Scot Heckert (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2026): To House Finance.

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
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
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 Finance
  2. Do pass, but first to Finance
  3. Markup Discussion
  4. To House Judiciary
  5. Markup Discussion
  6. To House Legal Services
  7. To House Judiciary
  8. Introduced in House
  9. To Judiciary then Finance
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

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