---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program"
description: "Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4002"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4002 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06ef1b7-99b5-495b-b19e-f0575f559078"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4002&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fb3e8dfa9b1caf290ce3211787e41f7c00301ebd55146d129398f973174cf7cd"
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 4002 (2022) — Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program

## 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=HB4002%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4002)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4002%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4002)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4002%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4002)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riley — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-13** To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
- **2022-01-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-17** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 500) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 91, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e06ef1b7-99b5-495b-b19e-f0575f559078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).