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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4526: Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia

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 4526 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Provisions for election observers during any election and at any voting or ballot-reviewing and ballot-counting location within West Virginia. Primary sponsor: Eric Brooks (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 19, 2026): To House Judiciary.

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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric BrooksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Rick HillenbrandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Phil MallowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
MartinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
PrittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bryan SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73

“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 Judiciary
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Judiciary
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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