West Virginia 2026 Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 4025 — Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system

Last action — Chapter 138, 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 72% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill exempts specific employees from the classified civil service system.

This bill allows certain employees to be exempt from the classified civil service system. It aims to change the employment classification for these workers.

Summary

Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 3 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to HB 4025 changes the bill’s title and clarifies its purpose, specifically exempting new hires and promoted employees in certain health departments from the classified civil service system and state grievance procedures starting July 1, 2026. It also gives department secretaries the discretion to designate some employees to remain under these systems, which could ensure compliance with federal law. This matters because it may make it easier for these departments to recruit and manage staff while reinforcing ethical hiring practices.

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HB4025 S JUD AM #1Cobb 7888 The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 9, by striking out the section heading and substituting therefor a new section heading, to read as follows:
HB4025 S JUD AMTCobb 7888 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.
§5F-2-10.
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Transfer of new hires and promoted employees within Departments of Health Facilities, Human Services, and Health to classified exempt system.
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   AdoptedRejected
for House Bill 4025—A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §5F-2-10, relating to exempting new hires and promoted employees within the Department of Health Facilities, Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health from the classified civil service system and the state grievance procedures beginning on July 1, 2026;
providing legislative findings;
providing the secretaries of the Department of Health Facilities, Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health the authority to designate certain employees under the classified civil service system and provide certain employees access to the grievance procedures when necessary to comply with federal law;
and prohibiting departments from making employment decisions based on nepotism, favoritism, or other unethical practices.
  AdoptedRejected 
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Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Government Organization

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Government Organization

  5. Markup Discussion

  6. By substitute, do pass

  7. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  8. Read 1st time

  9. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  10. Read 2nd time

  11. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  12. Read 3rd time

  13. Passed House (Roll No. 281)

  14. Effective date rejected (Roll No. 282)

  15. Communicated to Senate

  16. Introduced in Senate

  17. To Judiciary

  18. To Judiciary

  19. Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary

  20. Immediate consideration

  21. Read 1st time

  22. On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary

  23. Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment

  24. Immediate consideration

  25. Read 2nd time

  26. On 3rd reading with right to amend

  27. Read 3rd time

  28. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  29. Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 527)

  30. Senate requests House to concur

  31. House received Senate message

  32. House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 670)

  33. Communicated to Senate

  34. Completed legislative action

  35. House Message received

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

  37. To Governor 3/25/26

  38. Approved by Governor 3/27/2026

  39. Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal

  40. Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal

  41. Chapter 138, Acts, Regular Session, 2026

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on · 9 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 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 24 Yea · 9 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 22601
Democrat 1300
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 24901
% of votes cast 71%26%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
Anitra Hamilton Democrat Nay
Mike Woelfel Democrat Yea
Mike Woelfel Democrat Nay
Rick Garcia Democrat Nay
Ben Queen Republican Nay
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Chris Phillips Republican Yea
Chris Rose Republican Nay
Chris Rose Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Eric Tarr Republican Nay
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 Nay
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Patricia Rucker Republican Yea
Robbie Morris Republican Nay
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rollan A. Roberts Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Rupie Phillips Republican Yea
Ryan Weld Republican Not Voting
Ryan Weld Republican Nay
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Takubo Republican Yea
Tom Willis Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 4025 do?
Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service system
Who sponsors HB 4025?
HB 4025 is sponsored by Roger Hanshaw (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 4025?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2026. Enacted.
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