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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4424: To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property

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 4424 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: To allow landowners to pay hunters to hunt their property. Primary sponsor: Marty Gearheart (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 16, 2026): To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism.

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 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marty GearheartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Eric BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Jim ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Jeff CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Roy CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
John Paul HottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Erica MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Bill RoopCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“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 Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism
  2. To House Government Organization
  3. Introduced in House
  4. To Government Organization
  5. Filed for introduction

Sources

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