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House Bill 4089

	Legislative Session: 2026(RS)
LAST ACTION:	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026)
SUMMARY:	Preservation of hair during chemotherapy. Also known as the “Jessica Huffman Bill”
LEAD SPONSOR:	Hall
SPONSORS:	Fehrenbacher, Holstein, Drennan, Moore, Hott, Riley, Foggin
BILL TEXT: Bill Definitions	Enrolled Version - html \| pdf \| docx Engrossed Version - html \| pdf \| docx Introduced Version - html \| pdf \| docx
CODE AFFECTED:	§5—16—8B (New Code) §9—5—34 (New Code) §9—5—36 (New Code) §33—15—4A (New Code) §33—16—20 (New Code) §33—24—15 (New Code) §33—25—23 (New Code) §33—25A—37 (New Code)
FISCAL NOTES:	Human Services, WV Department of Insurance Commission Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA)
ROLL CALL VOTES:	House - Passed House (Roll No. 73) Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 393)
SUBJECT(S):	Health Insurance

ACTIONS:

Chamber	Description	Date	Journal Page
Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2026)
H	Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal	03/14/26
H	Became law 4/2/2026	04/02/26
S	Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal	03/14/26	398
S	To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal	03/11/26	119
H	To Governor 3/11/2026	03/11/26
H	House received Senate message	03/10/26
S	Completed legislative action	03/10/26
S	Communicated to House	03/10/26	25
S	Passed Senate (Roll No. 393)	03/10/26	25
S	Read 3rd time	03/10/26	25
S	On 3rd reading	03/10/26
S	Read 2nd time	03/09/26	11
S	Laid over on 2nd reading 3/6/2026	03/06/26	23
S	On 2nd reading	03/06/26
S	Read 1st time	03/05/26	398
S	On 1st reading	03/05/26
S	Reported do pass	03/04/26	33
S	To Finance	02/26/26	32
S	Reported do pass, but first to Finance	02/26/26	32
S	To Health and Human Resources	02/12/26	2
S	To Health and Human Resources then Finance	02/12/26
S	Introduced in Senate	02/12/26	2
H	Communicated to Senate	02/11/26
H	Passed House (Roll No. 73)	02/11/26
H	Read 3rd time	02/11/26
H	On 3rd reading, Special Calendar	02/11/26
H	Read 2nd time	02/10/26
H	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar	02/10/26
H	Read 1st time	02/09/26
H	On 1st reading, Special Calendar	02/09/26
H	Do pass	02/06/26
H	To House Finance	02/04/26
H	To House Banking and Insurance	01/29/26
H	To House Finance	01/14/26
H	Introduced in House	01/14/26
H	To Finance	01/14/26
H	Filed for introduction	01/14/26