# West Virginia HB 2083: Requiring absentee ballots to be received by the time polls close on election day.

West Virginia HB 2083, Requiring absentee ballots to be received by the time polls close on election day., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kump; status failed, last action 2025-02-13 (To House Legal Services) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2083-2025rs
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia HB 2083
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring absentee ballots to be received by the time polls close on election day.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2025-02-13, To House Legal Services
- Sponsor: Kump
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: §3-3-5, House Legal Services
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kump
- Cosponsor: Rick Hillenbrand (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Smith (Republican), House

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-13: To House Legal Services (House)
- 2025-02-12: Filed for introduction (House)
- 2025-02-12: To Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-12: Introduced in House (House)
- 2025-02-12: To House Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2083 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2083 intr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed)
- SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed)
- SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed)
- SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed)
- SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed)
- SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2083 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2083 intr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs)
- [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs)
- [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs)
- [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs)
- [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs)
- [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2083-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).