---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the regional jail per diem through July 1, 2023"
description: "Extending the regional jail per diem through July 1, 2023"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4497"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4497 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b8dbd2-16a6-4bf1-98c9-bd1d3510bcf6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4497&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3391effbc92282bd84f39dbad46fc88c2c6fdb99093e02dae91528a6c228ee3d"
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 4497 (2022) — Extending the regional jail per diem through July 1, 2023

## 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=HB4497%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4497)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4497%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4497)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4497%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4497)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-02** To Select Committee on Jails and Prisons then Finance
- **2022-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** To House Select Committee on Jails and Prisons `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-02-15** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 340) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
- **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. 456) `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 63, 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/42b8dbd2-16a6-4bf1-98c9-bd1d3510bcf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).