# West Virginia HB 4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state West Virginia HB 4415, Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David Green (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-29 (Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4415-2026rs - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 4415 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-16 - Last action: 2026-06-29, Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 - Sponsor: David Green (Republican) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: §61-5-8 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (222 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Felony bans on contraband in jails and prisons: benefit, medium. Beginning June 12, 2026, bringing or delivering contraband to West Virginia jails, juvenile centers, or federal prisons is a felony. Banned items include alcohol, poison, implements of escape, dangerous materials, weapons, phones or other telecom devices (like tablets and computers), and illegal dr… - Tougher penalties for aiding inmate escapes: benefit, medium. Beginning June 12, 2026, it is a felony to give anything to someone in custody to help an escape or attempted escape, or to forcibly rescue them. That crime carries 3 to 15 years in state prison. It is also a felony to persuade or try to persuade a detainee to escape or to aid insubordination again… - Misdemeanor penalties for unapproved inmate items and sales: benefit, low. Beginning June 12, 2026, giving money, goods, food, clothing, medicine, tools, or written items to someone in custody without the officer’s okay is a misdemeanor. Buying or taking items made at or owned by a facility from an inmate is also a misdemeanor, unless the facility approves the sale. Inmat… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Green (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eric Brooks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ryan Browning (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jim Butler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Roger Hanshaw (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Paul Hott (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Dean Jeffries (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Keith Marple (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jonathan Pinson (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ward ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-14 | House | House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 631) | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 462) | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2026-01-30 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 33) | pass | 91 | 0 | | ## Bill text - Committee Substitute: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1.pdf) - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 enr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 enr.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance (signed) - HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent (signed) - HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally (became law) - HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds (signed) - HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime (signed) - HB 5694: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313. (signed) ## Sources - [Committee Substitute (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1.htm) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1.pdf) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 enr.htm) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 sub1 enr.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2026_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4415 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 4354: Relating to necessity allowance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4354-2026rs) - [HB 4390: Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to tha…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4390-2026rs) - [HB 4191: Relating to providing child care generally](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4191-2026rs) - [HB 4106: Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4106-2026rs) - [HB 4138: Relating to persons convicted of a crime](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4138-2026rs) - [HB 5694: Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB5694-2026rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB4415-2026rs (as of 2026-11-04).