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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5234: Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot

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 5234 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 5, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to requiring certain information with an absentee ballot. Primary sponsor: Erica Moore (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2026): To House Judiciary.

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
Erica MoorePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Lori DittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Joe FunkhouserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Mike HiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Chuck HorstCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
JeffriesCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Laura KimbleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Mickey PetittoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse70
PhillipsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
PrittCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
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 Judiciary
  2. Markup Discussion
  3. To House Homeland Security
  4. To House Judiciary
  5. Introduced in House
  6. To Judiciary
  7. Filed for introduction

Sources

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