West Virginia 2026 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 4022 — CPS Allocation

Last action — Chapter 65, 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.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

This bill relates to the allocation within Child Protective Services (CPS).

The bill concerns the distribution of resources and support within Child Protective Services (CPS). It aims to address how these resources are allocated to improve services.

Summary

CPS Allocation

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to House Bill 4022 changes the title of the bill, clarifying its focus on child protective services workers in West Virginia. This is significant because it emphasizes the importance of staffing allocations and the need for transparency, as it requires an annual report on worker allocation based on county needs. In simpler terms, the bill is aimed at ensuring that child protective services are adequately staffed according to where they are most needed, which could lead to better protection for children in vulnerable situations.

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HB4022 S JUD AMT 2-25Kraus  7502 The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:Eng.
HB4022 HFAT McGeehan 3-5AW 3380 Delegate McGeehan moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:H.
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4022 -- “A BILL to amend and reenact §49-2-102 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to child protective services workers;
for House Bill 4022—A Bill to amend and reenact §49-2-102 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to modifying the allocation and stationing of Child Protective Services workers based on certain needs;
allocating child protective service workers;
and requiring report.     AdoptedRejected
stationing of child protective service workers;
and requiring a report.”;    AdoptedRejected 
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Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Health and Human Resources

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Health and Human Resources

  5. Markup Discussion

  6. By substitute, do pass

  7. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  8. Read 1st time

  9. On 2nd reading, Special CalendarJudiciary

  10. Read 2nd time

  11. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  13. Read 3rd time

  14. Passed House (Roll No. 17)

  15. Communicated to Senate

  16. Introduced in Senate

  17. To Health and Human Resources

  18. To Health and Human Resources

  19. Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary

  20. Referred to Judiciary

  21. Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment

  22. On 1st reading

  23. Read 1st time

  24. On 2nd reading

  25. Read 2nd time

  26. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  27. On 3rd reading

  28. Laid over on 3rd reading 3/2/2026

  29. Read 3rd time

  30. Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 312)

  31. Effective from passage (Roll No. 313)

  32. Senate requests House to concur

  33. House received Senate message

  34. House concurred in Senate amendment with further title amendment (Roll No. 349)

  35. Effective from passage (Roll No. 350)

  36. Communicated to Senate

  37. House Message received

  38. Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)

  39. Passed Senate (Roll No. 362)

  40. Effective from passage (Roll No. 363)

  41. Communicated to House

  42. Completed legislative action

  43. House received Senate message

  44. To Governor 3/9/2026 - Senate Journal

  45. Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 - Senate Journal

  46. Approved by Governor 3/14/2026

  47. Approved by Governor 3/14/2026 - House Journal

  48. Chapter 65, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 150 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (150)

150 members have not signed on to 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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Roll Call

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 28001
Unaffiliated 1000
Democrat 4000
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
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 Not Voting
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 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 750010
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 4001
Total 880011
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Barnhart — Yea
Flanigan — Yea
Kump — Yea
Linville — Yea
Ward — 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 Yea
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Bill Bell Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Smith 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
George Street Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Watt Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
Ian T. Masters Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Not Voting
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeff Eldridge Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lisa White Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Pat McGeehan Republican Not Voting
Patrick Lucas Republican Yea
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Ray Canterbury Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4022 do?
CPS Allocation
Who sponsors HB 4022?
HB 4022 is sponsored by Roger Hanshaw (Republican) and Sean Hornbuckle (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 4022?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.
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