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WV HB5665
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/17/2026
Primary Sponsor
Henry Dillon
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AI Summary
- Amends West Virginia Code §6B-2-5 regarding ethical standards for elected officials and voting procedures in the Legislature
- Requires the House and Senate Clerk to record all roll call votes in the journal when questions involve a direct personal or pecuniary interest and more than one-third of members present vote by voting machine
- Clarifies that legislators with direct personal or pecuniary interests must announce the conflict and request to be excused from voting
- Presiding officers determine whether a member's interest qualifies as direct and personal or affects them only as part of a class of five or more similarly situated persons
- Members directed to vote by the presiding officer after disclosure are not guilty of ethics violations for votes so cast
Legislative Description
Change to House rule 49 regarding members present, time and recording.
Legislature
Last Action
To House Judiciary
2/17/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/17/2026
Full Bill Text
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