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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 544: Relating to temporary increase in payment to kinship parent

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

SB 544 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to temporary increase in payment to kinship parent. Primary sponsor: Vince Deeds (Republican). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 23, 2026): To Finance.

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
Vince DeedsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
GarciaCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Amy GradyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Rollan RobertsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“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 Finance
  2. Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
  3. To Health and Human Resources
  4. Introduced in Senate
  5. To Health and Human Resources then Finance
  6. Filed for introduction

Sources

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