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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1040: Creating WV Energy Freedom Act

Introduced 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

SB 1040 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Creating WV Energy Freedom Act. Primary sponsor: Chris Rose (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 21, 2026): To Energy, Industry, and Mining.

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 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RosePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Eric TarrCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4

“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 Energy, Industry, and Mining
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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