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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4473: Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers

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 4473 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the West Virginia Supreme Court’s power to promulgate rules allowing for the limited practice of law by nonlawyers. Primary sponsor: Joe Statler (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 19, 2026): Markup Discussion.

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
Joe StatlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse77
J.B. AkersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Roger HanshawCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
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. Markup Discussion
  2. To House Legal Services
  3. To House Judiciary
  4. Introduced in House
  5. To Judiciary
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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