---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution"
description: "Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4433"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4433 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Storch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701fde54-ec64-4760-b02b-60d812bea64a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4433&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fd887e4ec5f7a5eeba4500b4605eecd59f9dae4d945a67227486f9d5f7740c05"
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 4433 (2022) — Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution

## 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=hb4433%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4433)
2. **HB4433 H FIN AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4433 H FIN AMT adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4433%20intr.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4433)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Storch — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-31** To Pensions and Retirement then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** To House Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** With title amendment, do pass
- **2022-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 174) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-21** To Pensions then Judiciary
- **2022-02-21** To Pensions
- **2022-03-03** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 452) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-11** 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 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 70, 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/701fde54-ec64-4760-b02b-60d812bea64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).