---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office"
description: "Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4801"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4801 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance", "Consumer Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4d9c71b-5c9b-49f9-a21f-48df4bce6d64"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4801&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a99a25b94812ab9cba4b1c8fe633a3bfcf1f3b241747f864a8a1ceb5c0b2333a"
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 4801 (2024) — Relating generally to the banking authority of the State Treasurer’s Office

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4801%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4801)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4801%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4801)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4801%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4801)
4. **hb4801 sfa azinger _1 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4801%20sfa%20azinger%20_1%202-5%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4801 sfat azinger _1 2-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4801%20sfat%20azinger%20_1%202-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-16** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 76) `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 108) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-02-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-08** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-08** Passed House (Roll No. 118) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-09** House Message received
- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/23/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-23** Approved by Governor 2/23/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-26** Approved by Governor 2/23/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4d9c71b-5c9b-49f9-a21f-48df4bce6d64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).