---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds"
description: "Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4422"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4422 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba47c51-f128-466e-9c29-008ba42b747f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4422&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5da2dd4413d152aa64ff24caeb9c4c21390610bacc3bba4d4b128061ea4df823"
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 4422 (2018) — Permitting permanent endowment funds of cemeteries to invest their principal in certain government bonds, and corporate bonds

## 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=hb4422%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4422)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4422%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4422)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frich — primary (person)
- Ambler — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Evans, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Upson — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-05** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2018-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Do pass
- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 193) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-23** House Message received
- **2018-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 319) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 32, 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/0ba47c51-f128-466e-9c29-008ba42b747f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).