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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4853: Relating to hospitals establishing protocols for providing trauma informed care to patients

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 4853 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to hospitals establishing protocols for providing trauma informed care to patients. Primary sponsor: Evan Worrell (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 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
Evan WorrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Adam BurkhammerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Geno ChiarelliCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Wayne ClarkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Mickey PetittoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70

“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 Health and Human Resources
  3. Introduced in House
  4. To Health and Human Resources
  5. Filed for introduction

Sources

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