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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4604: Relating to abuse and neglect cases

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 4604 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to abuse and neglect cases. Primary sponsor: Adam Burkhammer (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 23, 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
FlaniganCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Scot HeckertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Laura KimbleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Margitta MazzocchiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
George MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Jonathan PinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Bill RidenourCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100

“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. By substitute, do pass, but first to Finance
  3. Markup Discussion
  4. To House Courts
  5. Markup Discussion
  6. To House Courts
  7. To House Judiciary
  8. Introduced in House
  9. To Judiciary then Finance
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

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