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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia allows emergency response commission members to send employee designees to meetings
Last action · February 11, 2026: To House JudiciarySponsor: J.B. Akers
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia House Bill 5448 permits any member of the State Emergency Response Commission to delegate an employee to serve as a and participate in committee and board meetings in their place.
Changes meeting attendance rules for a state commission by explicitly authorizing staff substitutions, addressing scheduling difficulties for ex-officio and public members without altering agency funding or general powers.
- The State Emergency Response Commission is established under the West Virginia Emergency Response and Community Right-to-Know Act to handle emergency planning and preparedness matters. 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.
State Emergency Response Commission members
Members gain the legal authority to send employee designees to represent them at committee and board meetings.
Key Facts
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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- Feb 11, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Judiciary
- Feb 11, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Feb 11, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Judiciary
- Feb 11, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
Version history
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Sources
www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 15)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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