West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HJR40: Relating to the legislative powers held by the people of the state and the Legislature.
Status: Introduced, February 17, 2026
What the bill says
To amend this article. No more than five statewide initiative measures shall be voted upon at the same election. The Legislature shall, by general law, establish objective procedures to govern which statewide initiative measures will be voted upon at a particular election in the unlikely event that six or more such measures would otherwise qualify to be voted upon at a particular election: Provided, That nothing in this section requires that the Legislature mandate special elections under such circumstances. The Legislature shall further provide that, to initiate a referendum election pursuant.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2026:
to amend this article. No more than five statewide initiative measures shall be voted upon at the same election. The Legislature shall, by general law, establish objective procedures to govern which statewide initiative measures will be voted upon at a particular election in the unlikely event that six or more such measures would otherwise qualify to be voted upon at a particular election: Provided, That nothing in this section requires that the Legislature mandate special elections under such circumstances. The Legislature shall further provide that, to initiate a referendum election pursuant to this section, a petition for referendum, including all copies thereof, must contain the signatures of a number of the registered voters residing in that district equal to at least 10 percent of all the votes cast for the Office of Governor in that district in the most recent quadrennial general election preceding the filing of that petition. In addition to the above requirements, the Legislature shall further provide that, to initiate a statewide referendum election pursuant to this section, a petition for referendum, including all copies thereof, must, in each county of two thirds of the counties of this state, contain the signatures of a number of the registered voters residing in that county equal to at least 10 percent of all of the votes cast for the …