---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing the redirection of amounts collected from certain surcharges and assessments on workers' compensation insurance policies for periods prior to January 1, 2019"
description: "Relating to authorizing the redirection of amounts collected from certain surcharges and assessments on workers' compensation insurance policies for periods prior to January 1, 2019"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4628"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4628 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0deeb9-09a7-4625-a716-5c7daa5a84c4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4628&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2e62003ec71ecf923aca89490fb0c6dcfecfec07d0ada445a4904ba9c0bbe459"
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 4628 (2018) — Relating to authorizing the redirection of amounts collected from certain surcharges and assessments on workers' compensation insurance policies for periods prior to January 1, 2019

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4628%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4628)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4628%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4628)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4628%20Org.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4628)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Ambler — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** Originating in House Finance
- **2018-02-23** Do pass
- **2018-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Amendment pending
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading with restricted right to amend, Special Calender
- **2018-02-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 263) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass `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
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 452) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `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`
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 247, 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/5d0deeb9-09a7-4625-a716-5c7daa5a84c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).