---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state"
description: "Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4582"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4582 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Legislature", "Local and Special Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a4177c5-6301-4a10-81e9-13f65418691c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4582&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7c0f5b9bf1ee65de92105581319d156084b30b4161fa62ab08cff3aa07f8f482"
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 4582 (2020) — Declaring certain claims against agencies 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=HB4582%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4582)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4582%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4582)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-29** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Do pass
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 128) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 129)
- **2020-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 366) `passage`
- **2020-02-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 366)
- **2020-02-29** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-29** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** To Governor 3/5/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 49, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a4177c5-6301-4a10-81e9-13f65418691c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).