---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contracts for construction of recreational facilities in state parks and forests"
description: "Relating to contracts for construction of recreational facilities in state parks and forests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4408"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4408 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa3dc81-8463-4b14-8c26-79d8bf3a03f3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4408&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "755b2ca771439f0647ebd06a2a46b1a37561b3aa09085574c62a9d5ac4c59d0f"
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 4408 (2022) — Relating to contracts for construction of recreational facilities in state parks and forests

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4408%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4408)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4408%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4408)
3. **HB4408 S FIN AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4408 S FIN AM _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4408 S FIN AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4408 S FIN AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4408%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4408)
6. **Woelfel amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 510)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2022/RS/votes/senate/03-12-0510.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **22–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dean — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-26** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2022-02-17** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-25** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 254) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 259) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 260)
- **2022-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `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** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2022-03-12** Tarr amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Woelfel amendment to committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 510)
- **2022-03-12** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 511) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 512)
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 689)
- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 690) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 691)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 194, 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/daa3dc81-8463-4b14-8c26-79d8bf3a03f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).