---
type: "Bill"
title: "To revise outdated provisions within Chapter 23 of the West Virginia Code, which pertains to workers’ compensation"
description: "To revise outdated provisions within Chapter 23 of the West Virginia Code, which pertains to workers’ compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4296"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4296 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/069da720-948b-4c54-a1fd-651a0d08add9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4296&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e8aa7d7f86d29664b61c0a4d51b5908d9fcbd9b63643abd66e60cda084ce6e64"
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# West Virginia HB 4296 (2022) — To revise outdated provisions within Chapter 23 of the West Virginia Code, which pertains to workers’ compensation

## 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=HB4296%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4296)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4296%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4296)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Do pass
- **2022-02-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 84) `passage`
- **2022-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 408) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 287, 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/069da720-948b-4c54-a1fd-651a0d08add9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).