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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5200: Creating Office of entrepreneurship

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 5200 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Creating Office of entrepreneurship. Primary sponsor: Gary Howell (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): To House Government Organization.

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 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gary HowellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Ray CanterburyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Lori DittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Sarah DrennanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Joe EllingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Mike HornbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
JeffriesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jordan MaynorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Joe ParsonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Matthew RohrbachCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Andy ShamblinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“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 Government Organization
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Government Organization then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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