West Virginia Senate Bill 879

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-09 - To Government Organization
Pending: Senate Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the Herbert Henderson Office on Minority Affairs, to remove the placement of the director of the Herbert Henderson Office on Minority Affairs from the West Virginia Semiquincentennial Commission and the West Virginia Hope Scholarship Board, to direct the department of administration to designate Building 3 of the State Capitol Complex in memory of Herbert H. Henderson, to terminate the Minority Affairs Fund, and to transfer its remaining funds to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Investment Fund administered under §5B-2-16 of this Code.

Eliminating Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs

Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-09	Senate	To Government Organization
2026-02-09	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2026-02-09	Senate	To Government Organization
2026-02-09	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	31	3	New Code	See Bill Text
4	13A	2	New Code	See Bill Text
5	26	1	New Code	See Bill Text
5	26	2	New Code	See Bill Text
5	26	3	New Code	See Bill Text
5A	1	13	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=879&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb879%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=879