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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election"
+description: "Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3332"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3332 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
+version_count: 15
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-08"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03578cdd-853d-4b93-a376-e28d9b73fedf"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3332&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "8c7a894b1938c89dff1ed4be0097a7b8f618060377758fc221f7ab0753c0936d"
+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 3332 (2023) — Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 402)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00402.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
+4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
+6. **Second Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20eng2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
+7. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm)
+8. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 as amended adopted.htm)
+9. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _2 adopted.htm)
+10. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-28 _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-28 _3 adopted.htm)
+11. **hb3332 hfa capito 3-1 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 3-1 _2 adopted.htm)
+12. **hb3332 hfa reynolds 3-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa reynolds 3-1 _1 adopted.htm)
+13. **hb3332 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3332 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+14. **hb3332 sfa trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 sfa trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
+15. **hb3332 sfat trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 sfat trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hanshaw — primary (person)
+- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/28
+- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
+- **2023-02-28** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
+- **2023-02-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-01** Placed at foot of bills on 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-01** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2023-03-01** Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 402)
+- **2023-03-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 403) `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-03** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading to Finance
+- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2023-03-09** Finance Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2023-03-09** Trump amendment to Finance committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Finance committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 468) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Finance committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Trump title amendment adopted
+- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 770)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 617)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03578cdd-853d-4b93-a376-e28d9b73fedf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+