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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Board of Sanitarians"
+description: "Relating to the Board of Sanitarians"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4463"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4463 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b00f71-7c88-4339-8abf-9d6c11571a78"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4463&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a30161a08fa5ffd44a250feca50975a63a14e51545de4350780b52e60f4a3eaa"
+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 4463 (2026) — Relating to the Board of Sanitarians
+
+## 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=hb4463%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
+5. **hb4463 s gov am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4463%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4463 s gov amt _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4463%20s%20gov%20amt%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb4463 sub hfa clark and burkhammer 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4463%20sub%20hfa%20clark%20and%20burkhammer%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clark — primary (person)
+- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
+- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
+- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
+- Horst — cosponsor (person)
+- Masters — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Roop — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-16** To House Local Governments `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/2026
+- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 92) `passage`
+- **2026-02-16** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 399) `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 400)
+- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633)
+- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 634)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 162, 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/a6b00f71-7c88-4339-8abf-9d6c11571a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+