---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the powers and authority of the Divisions of Administrative Services, and Corrections and Rehabilitation of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety"
description: "Relating to the powers and authority of the Divisions of Administrative Services, and Corrections and Rehabilitation of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4338"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4338 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Corrections", "Crime", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebdf6b66-9e30-4aa6-8789-fac66fa1e030"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4338&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "77537afae2609516c5975ece241583d3c43e990b00d68c47f55dda025559ad6b"
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 4338 (2018) — Relating to the powers and authority of the Divisions of Administrative Services, and Corrections and Rehabilitation of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety

## 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=HB4338%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4338)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4338%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4338)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4338%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4338)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2018 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fast — primary (person)
- Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Isner — cosponsor (person)
- Lane — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shott — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-29** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2018-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 246) `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 247)
- **2018-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-01** House Message received
- **2018-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `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`
- **2018-03-08** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2018-03-08** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 438) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 438)
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 515)
- **2018-03-10** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 516)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 518)
- **2018-03-10** Effective July 1, 2018 (Roll No. 518)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 107, 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/ebdf6b66-9e30-4aa6-8789-fac66fa1e030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).