---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state"
description: "Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4433"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4433 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Legislature", "Local and Special Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c51692-e0b4-4c35-a35e-699e64e12728"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4433&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "862a7fd72affc71bf2fd320afa7e3910051cbbee6ce4e5fac8f256239f8d83bd"
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 4433 (2018) — Declaring certain claims against an agency of the state to be moral obligations of the state

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4433%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4433)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4433%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4433)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Ambler — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Sponaugle — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Do pass
- **2018-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 120) `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 121)
- **2018-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-16** House Message received
- **2018-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/1/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 320) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 320)
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 41, 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/59c51692-e0b4-4c35-a35e-699e64e12728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).