West Virginia 2026 Session Status: Enacted 11 R cosponsors

HB 4009 — Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

Last action — Chapter 281, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill creates the Portable Benefit Account Act.

The Portable Benefit Account Act is proposed legislation aimed at establishing a system for portable benefits. This system would allow individuals to accumulate benefits that they can take with them as they move between jobs.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means you may have the option to keep your benefits even if you change jobs frequently.

Summary

Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 4009, a specific subdivision within a section has been completely removed. This change eliminates a previous provision related to voluntary portable benefit accounts, and the remaining items in that section have been renumbered accordingly. This update is significant because it streamlines the bill, potentially simplifying the implementation of the remaining benefits and regulations associated with these accounts. By refining the language, lawmakers aim to make the legislation clearer and more effective for those it affects.

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HB4009 SFAT Azinger #1 3-14Casey  7988 Senator Azinger moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:Eng.
HB4009 HFA McGeehan 3-14 #1Chakmakian 3260 Delegate McGeehan moved to concur with the Senate Amendment with further amendment, as follows:On page 3, section 2, line 11, by striking subdivision (B) in its entirety and relettering the remaining subdivisions.  AdoptedRejected 
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for House Bill 4009—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-21-12o;
to amend said code by adding there to a new section designated §11-24-6d;
and to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §21-18-1, §21-18-2, §21-18-3, §21-18-4, and §21-18-5, all relating to voluntary portable benefit accounts;
providing legislative findings;
providing definitions;
authorizing portable benefit accounts;
specifying types of contributions to portable benefit accounts;
restricting use of contributions to portable benefit accounts for the purpose of various state laws;
providing modifications to federal adjusted gross income related to portable benefit accounts for personal income tax and corporate net income tax purposes;
and authorizing rule-making.     AdoptedRejected
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Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Finance

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Finance

  5. To House Banking and Insurance

  6. To House Finance

  7. By substitute, do pass

  8. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  9. Read 1st time

  10. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  11. Read 2nd time

  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  13. Read 3rd time

  14. Passed House (Roll No. 117)

  15. Communicated to Senate

  16. Introduced in Senate

  17. To Banking and Insurance

  18. To Banking and Insurance

  19. Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Finance

  20. Referred to Finance

  21. Reported do pass, with amendment

  22. Immediate consideration

  23. Read 1st time

  24. On 2nd reading

  25. Read 2nd time

  26. On 3rd reading with right to amend

  27. Read 3rd time

  28. Finance comm amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent

  29. Banking and Insurance com amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  30. Passed Senate (Roll No. 676)

  31. Title amendment adopted

  32. Senate requests House to concur

  33. House received Senate message

  34. House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 701)

  35. Communicated to Senate

  36. House Message received

  37. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 708)

  38. Communicated to House

  39. Completed legislative action

  40. To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal

  41. To Governor 3/25/26

  42. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal

  43. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal

  44. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026

  45. Chapter 281, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Roll Call

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 29000
Democrat 4000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 34000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Yea
Glenn Jeffries Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jack Woodrum Republican Yea
Jay Taylor Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Mark R. Maynard Republican Yea
Mike Oliverio Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea

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PASSAGE

Passed 91 Yea · 1 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 81006
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 1101
Total 91107
% of votes cast 92%1%0%7%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Linville — Yea
Flanigan — Nay
Kump — Not Voting
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
Hollis Lewis Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Kayla Young Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Rick Garcia Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Adam Burkhammer Republican Yea
Adam Vance Republican Not Voting
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Bill Bell Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith Republican Not Voting
Bryan Ward Republican Yea
Carl "Bill" Roop Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Charles Sheedy Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Cannon Republican Yea
David Green Republican Yea
David McCormick Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Doug Smith Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Yea
Eric Brooks Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Yea
Gregory A. Watt Republican Yea
Guy Ward Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Not Voting
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
Joe Funkhouser Republican Yea
Joe Parsons Republican Yea
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Jordan Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Kyle Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Yea
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Not Voting
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marshall W. Clay Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Amos Republican Yea
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Ryan Browning Republican Yea
S. Chris Anders Republican Yea
Sarah Drennan Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Tresa Howell Republican Yea
Tristan Leavitt Republican Not Voting
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Not Voting
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4009 do?
Relating to the creation of the Portable Benefit Account Act
Who sponsors HB 4009?
HB 4009 is sponsored by Jonathan Kyle (Republican), Joe Funkhouser (Republican), David Green (Republican), Adam Burkhammer (Republican), Dean Jeffries (Republican), James Robert "JB" Akers II (Republican), Clay Riley (Republican), Michael Hornby (Republican), John Paul Hott (Republican), Sarah Drennan (Republican), and Scot C. Heckert (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4009?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.
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