Establishing limitations on billing practices of Internet or telecommunications providers that fail to provide subscribed customers service for five or more days
State of West VirginiaWest VirginiaThe purpose of this bill is to ensure that a consumer is not required to pay for service outages caused by the provider when he or she did not receive services.
- Status
- Engrossed
- Passed its first chamber
- Status date
- Feb 6, 2026
- 279 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
WV HB 4461 · EngrossedFeb 6
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Bill details
- Last action
- To Energy, Industry, and Mining · Feb 9, 2026
- Pending committee
- Energy, Industry and Mining
Sponsors
RHRick HillenbrandRepresentative · Republican · HD-088Primary sponsorPrimary sponsor
MRMatthew RohrbachRepresentative · Republican · HD-026
DLDaniel LinvilleRepresentative · Republican · HD-022
EBEric BrooksRepresentative · Republican · HD-045
CSCharles SheedyRepresentative · Republican · HD-007
KCKathie CrouseRepresentative · Republican · HD-019
JBJim ButlerRepresentative · Republican · HD-018
ASAndy ShamblinRepresentative · Republican · HD-059
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RCRoy CooperRepresentative · Republican · HD-040
WHWalter HallRepresentative · Republican · HD-058
JFJoe FunkhouserRepresentative · Republican · HD-098
Bill history
Newest first.
Feb 9, 2026To Energy, Industry, and MiningSenate
Feb 9, 2026To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Government OrganizationSenate
Feb 9, 2026Introduced in SenateSenate
Feb 6, 2026Communicated to SenateHouse
Feb 6, 2026Passed House (Roll No. 54)House
Feb 6, 2026Read 3rd timeHouse
Feb 6, 2026On 3rd reading, Special CalendarHouse
Feb 5, 2026Read 2nd timeHouse
Show 10 earlier actions
Feb 5, 2026On 2nd reading, Special CalendarHouse
Feb 4, 2026Read 1st timeHouse
Feb 4, 2026On 1st reading, Special CalendarHouse
Feb 3, 2026Reference dispensedHouse
Feb 3, 2026By substitute, do pass, but first to JudiciaryHouse
Jan 29, 2026Markup DiscussionHouse
Jan 16, 2026To House Energy and Public WorksHouse
Jan 16, 2026Introduced in HouseHouse
Jan 16, 2026To Energy and Public Works then JudiciaryHouse
Jan 16, 2026Filed for introductionHouse
Recorded vote
Passed House (Roll No. 54)Feb 6, 2026 · House · 92 yea · 0 nayPassedPassed
Subjects
- Consumer Protection
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