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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 4981: Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations

Passed one chamber 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 4981 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on January 29, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to state psychiatric hospital designations. Primary sponsor: Clay Riley (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2026): To Health and Human Resources.

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clay RileyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Vernon CrissCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
Evan WorrellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23

“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 Health and Human Resources
  2. To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
  3. Introduced in Senate
  4. Communicated to Senate
  5. Passed House (Roll No. 224)
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/27/2026
  8. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  11. Read 1st time
  12. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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