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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Geothermal Energy Development"
+description: "Relating to Geothermal Energy Development"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 4098"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4098 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-17"
+last_action: "2022-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e99cf8-51f8-47fe-bb97-ae928ef8f4d9"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4098&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "79339186d137e1e077c3cc94f579d862746ff7f353c6a54116020dcc5c8cb394"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 4098 (2022) — Relating to Geothermal Energy Development
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4098%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4098%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)
+3. **HB4098 HFA CAPITO 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4098 HFA CAPITO 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4098 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4098 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4098 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4098 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4098 SFA KARNES _2 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4098 SFA KARNES _2 3-10 adopted.htm)
+7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4098%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-01-17** To Energy and Manufacturing then Judiciary
+- **2022-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-01-17** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07** By substitute, do pass
+- **2022-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 100) `passage`
+- **2022-02-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-02-11** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
+- **2022-02-11** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
+- **2022-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-04** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-11** Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2022-03-11** Floor amendment to Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-11** Judiciary Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 445) `passage`
+- **2022-03-11** Judiciary Committee title amendment adopted
+- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
+- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 600)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 548)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-19** Chapter 126, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81e99cf8-51f8-47fe-bb97-ae928ef8f4d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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