---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons"
description: "Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4024"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4024 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f80170d-2428-4ba6-af00-497297bfcb07"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4024&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "21af72c8a4143222dbeb449e6ca0dcca7390d2b8095995930b36c6b3d9c2806e"
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 4024 (2018) — Relating generally to direct cremation or direct burial expenses for indigent persons

## 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=HB4024%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4024)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4024%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4024)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4024%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4024)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **87–11** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **65–33** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Sobonya — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-11** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 97) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 98)
- **2018-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-15** House Message received
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-22** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/22/18
- **2018-02-23** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/23/18
- **2018-02-26** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/26/18
- **2018-02-27** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/27/18
- **2018-02-28** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/28/18
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-01** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 285) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 285)
- **2018-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-05** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** House Message received
- **2018-03-07** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 382)
- **2018-03-07** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 382)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-18** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 120, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f80170d-2428-4ba6-af00-497297bfcb07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).