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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4949: Relating to Legislative Rules regarding chemicals of emerging concern

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 4949 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 29, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to Legislative Rules regarding chemicals of emerging concern. Primary sponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2026): To House Energy and Public Works.

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 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matthew RohrbachPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Bob FehrenbacherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Mike HornbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
John Paul HottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Tristan LeavittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Mark ZatezaloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2

“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 Energy and Public Works
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Energy and Public Works
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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