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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4461: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days

Passed one chamber 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 4461 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days. Primary sponsor: Rick Hillenbrand (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 9, 2026): To Energy, Industry, and Mining.

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 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick HillenbrandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Eric BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Jim ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Roy CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Kathie Hess CrouseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Walter HallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
LinvilleCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Matthew RohrbachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Andy ShamblinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Chuck SheedyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7

“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 Energy, Industry, and Mining
  2. To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Government Organization
  3. Introduced in Senate
  4. Communicated to Senate
  5. Passed House (Roll No. 54)
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  10. Read 1st time
  11. On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  12. Reference dispensed

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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