Creating plans to protect West Virginia from major crises
HB 4769 requires West Virginia's Governor to develop comprehensive crisis preparedness plans for five specific threats: nuclear attacks, major energy grid disruptions (including cyber or physical attacks), prolonged cyberattacks on communications, invasion, and insurrection. The plans must include preventative measures, immediate response strategies, and recovery steps for each crisis type. The Governor must submit initial plans by November 2026, with annual updates to the legislature. This bill affects state government operations by mandating structured planning for high-risk scenarios, not individual citizens.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Last action Feb 11, 2026
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The bill was amended from its original introduced version to a committee substitute version, primarily reorganizing the structure of crisis preparedness requirements and adjusting implementation timelines. The changes shift the legislative findings from separate subsections into a more streamlined format while updating the reporting schedule to align with the 2027 fiscal year rather than the original 2026 dates.
TIMELINE
The deadline for submitting tentative crisis preparedness plans was extended from August 31, 2026 to the first interim meeting of 2027, and the final plan completion deadline was moved from November 30, 2026 to July 30, 2027.
REQUIREMENT
The bill reorganized subsections, moving the list of required plan components (preventative measures, mitigation, response, remediation, and recovery) from subsection (d) to subsection (b) and removing the original legislative findings subsections (a) and (b).
TECHNICAL
Minor formatting and capitalization changes were made throughout the document, including standardizing 'WEST VIRGINIA' to 'WEST virginia' in the header and correcting the spelling of 'preempt' to 'preempt' in the plan requirements.
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Feb 11, 2026
Committee
To House Government Organization
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Jan 23, 2026
Committee
To House Government Adminstration
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Jan 23, 2026
Committee
To House Government Organization
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Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
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To Government Organization
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1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
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