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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5659: Relating to the development and implementation of a comprehensive model for the estimation of child care costs to be used in determining child care subsidy reimbursement rates.

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 5659 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the development and implementation of a comprehensive model for the estimation of child care costs to be used in determining child care subsidy reimbursement rates. Primary sponsor: Bob Fehrenbacher (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2026): To House 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 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob FehrenbacherPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Lori DittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Sarah DrennanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Mike HiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Dave McCormickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Erica MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15

“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 Health and Human Resources
  2. Introduced in House
  3. To Health and Human Resources
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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