---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination"
description: "Prohibiting the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4012"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4012 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Horst"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 52
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/883f2f11-98f8-4ea8-a804-5354daacd3a8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4012&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e97fc46f6e555a577b78676046f95b65d11958966acdd77aa0bc90d4ac685dd8"
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 4012 (2022) — Prohibiting the showing of proof of a COVID-19 vaccination

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 276)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2022/RS/votes/house/00276.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4012%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4012)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4012%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4012)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4012%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4012)
5. **HB4012 HFA LOVEJOY _ PUSHKIN 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4012 HFA LOVEJOY _ PUSHKIN 2-28 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4012 S JUD AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4012 S JUD AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4012 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4012 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4012%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4012)

## Votes

- Passage — **23–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horst — primary (person)
- Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-24** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2022-02-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 276)
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 279) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **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** Health and Human Resources Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-12** Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 501) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Health and Human Resources title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-12** Judiciary Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-12** Title amendment adopted
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 682)
- **2022-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 683)
- **2022-03-12** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2022-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 561)
- **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 227, 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/883f2f11-98f8-4ea8-a804-5354daacd3a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).