---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots"
description: "Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 3303"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3303 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, D."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf77f6d-8bd3-4b4e-b9c9-bf4896bfac8a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3303&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "407634bd233e5010a8e6edc8659c545158278aecfc44b69588dd717156eab32a"
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 3303 (2022) — Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots

## 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=HB3303%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=3303)
2. **HB3303 HFA SUMMERS 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB3303 HFA SUMMERS 2-24 _1 adopted.htm)
3. **HB3303 HFAT SUMMERS _1 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB3303 HFAT SUMMERS _1 2-24 adopted.htm)
4. **HB3303 S JUD AM _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB3303 S JUD AM _1 2-16 adopted.htm)
5. **HB3303 S JUD AMT _1 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB3303 S JUD AMT _1 2-16 adopted.htm)
6. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3303%20ORG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=3303)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly, D. — primary (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Do pass
- **2022-01-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-24** Passed House (Roll No. 30) `passage`
- **2022-01-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 198) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 198)
- **2022-02-22** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-02-24** House received Senate message
- **2022-02-24** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 234)
- **2022-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 235)
- **2022-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-25** House Message received
- **2022-02-25** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 224)
- **2022-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 224)
- **2022-02-25** Communicated to House
- **2022-02-25** Completed legislative action
- **2022-02-25** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-03** To Governor 3/2/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** To Governor 3/2/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** To Governor 3/2/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-03** Approved by Governor 3/2/22 - House Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 112, 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/faf77f6d-8bd3-4b4e-b9c9-bf4896bfac8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).