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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5096: Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need

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 5096 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to removing services from requiring a certificate of need. Primary sponsor: Evan Worrell (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Evan WorrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Mike HiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92

“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
  3. Introduced in Senate
  4. Communicated to Senate
  5. Effective from passage (Roll No. 98)
  6. Passed House (Roll No. 97)
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Amendment rejected (Voice vote)
  9. Amendment reported by the Clerk
  10. Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
  11. Amendment reported by the Clerk
  12. Read 3rd time

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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