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West Virginia 2026

HB 4710

Changing the limit on switching parties before filing to run for office from 60 days to 180 days prior to an election.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-08 16:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Elections
Introduced / first action
2026-01-21 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Senate requests House to concur

  2. Effective January 1, 2027 (Roll No. 546)

  3. Passed Senate (Roll No. 545)

    passage

  4. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  5. On 3rd reading

  6. Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)

  7. Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  8. Committee amendment reported

  9. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  10. On 2nd reading

  11. Read 1st time

    reading-1

  12. Immediate consideration

  13. Reported do pass, with amendment

    committee-passage

  14. To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  15. To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  16. Introduced in Senate

    introduction

  17. Communicated to Senate

  18. Passed House (Roll No. 122)

    passage

  19. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  21. Amendment rejected (Roll No. 115)

    amendment-failure

  22. Amendment reported by the Clerk

  23. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  24. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  25. Read 1st time

    reading-1

  26. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  27. By substitute, do pass

  28. Markup Discussion

  29. To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  30. Markup Discussion

  31. To House Legal Services

    referral-committee

  32. To House Judiciary

    referral-committee

  33. Introduced in House

    introduction

  34. To Judiciary

    referral-committee

  35. Filed for introduction

    filing

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