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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5025: Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures.

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 5025 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Allowing the burning of obsolete farm structures. Primary sponsor: Rick Hillenbrand (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 11, 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 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rick HillenbrandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse88
BCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jim ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Scot HeckertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
John Paul HottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Gary HowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Buck JenningsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Phil MallowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
PhillipsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
WardCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Judiciary
  3. Markup Discussion
  4. To House Homeland Security
  5. To House Judiciary
  6. Introduced in House
  7. To Judiciary
  8. Filed for introduction

Sources

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