---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the regulation of upholstery"
description: "Eliminating the regulation of upholstery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4350"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4350 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cafe9823-c9aa-4f1a-a690-c94fc7833bd7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4350&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3273b39f4681acb047fe71729bb05a0c612ac83ac88496f98d7fef8162fabcb9"
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 4350 (2018) — Eliminating the regulation of upholstery

## 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=HB4350%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4350)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4350%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4350)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4350%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4350)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **78–20** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **65–31** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-30** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-06** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-07** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-09** House Message received
- **2018-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2018-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2018-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 439) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Com Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2018-03-09** Floor Title amendment adopted
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 517)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 221, 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/cafe9823-c9aa-4f1a-a690-c94fc7833bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).