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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certified public accountants"
+description: "Relating to certified public accountants"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4088"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4088 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4088&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "03f9d618091d4b7739273fc5b41605beb51537d7165167d4e8ff86e27b45c178"
+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 4088 (2026) — Relating to certified public accountants
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Criss — primary (person)
+- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Roop — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Government Adminstration `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 119) `passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-19** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 202) `passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
+- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-24** To Governor 8/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 256, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+