---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund"
description: "Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4307"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4307 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Human Services", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bea87e0c-2815-49aa-ac45-00905d23d504"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4307&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b07d7254324d7fbccae5faef6bbbab1e21dd51386d46177041b14d36347d3866"
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 4307 (2022) — Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund

## 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=HB4307%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4307)
2. **HB4307 S JUD AMT _1 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4307 S JUD AMT _1 2-22 adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4307%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4307)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-20** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-01-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Do pass
- **2022-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 138) `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported do pass, with title amendment, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **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** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 505) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 685) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **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** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `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 77, 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/bea87e0c-2815-49aa-ac45-00905d23d504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).