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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4601: Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit

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 4601 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit. Primary sponsor: Adam Burkhammer (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 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 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Adam BurkhammerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Geno ChiarelliCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Scot HeckertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Josh HolsteinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Laura KimbleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Margitta MazzocchiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
George MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Jonathan PinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17

“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. To Finance
  3. Do pass
  4. Markup Discussion
  5. To House Judiciary
  6. Markup Discussion
  7. To House Legal Services
  8. To House Judiciary
  9. Introduced in House
  10. To Judiciary
  11. Filed for introduction

Sources

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