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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia Bill 4783 allocates equal fire and casualty tax shares to volunteer departments and authorizes $3.6M to correct past allocation errors
Last action · January 23, 2026: To House JudiciarySponsor: Adam Burkhammer
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 4783 requires that fire and casualty insurance premium tax revenues allocated for volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments be distributed in equal shares. The bill also authorizes a transfer of $3,631,846.55 from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund to correct historical miscalculations made between 1982 and 2012.
- House Bill 4783 was introduced during the 2026 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature by Delegate Burkhammer. context
- The Fire Protection Fund is managed within the State Treasury to allocate resources to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments across the state. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments
They receive an equal share of the revenues allocated for volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments from the fire and casualty insurance premium tax.
relief and pension funds
They are protected from recovery actions regarding past overpayments and receive corrective remittances totaling $3,631,846.55.
Teachers Retirement System
Receives 10 percent of the additional insurance premium tax collections and is protected from overpayment recovery actions.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
How are revenues for volunteer fire departments distributed under this bill?
What happens to past overpayments made to pension funds between 1982 and 2012?
Where does the funding come from to pay the $3,631,846.55 owed to pension and relief funds?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Judiciary
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 23, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Judiciary then Finance
- Jan 23, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Unclaimed Property Trust Fund Utilization
The bill reopens the Municipal Pensions and Protection Fund solely to receive a $3,631,846.55 transfer from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to resolve multi-decade accounting discrepancies.
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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