---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedures for certain actions against the state"
description: "Relating to procedures for certain actions against the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4629"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4629 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/890d0c92-a978-42ab-a0a2-f36c6a8c8a98"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4629&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c83532767ac5f8f5369a20624c15a59ee012056fb85a71589b312bfff219d905"
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 4629 (2022) — Relating to procedures for certain actions against the state

## 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=HB4629%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4629)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4629%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4629)
3. **HB4629 S JUD AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4629 S JUD AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4629 S JUD AMT _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4629 S JUD AMT _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4629 SFA TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4629 SFA TRUMP _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4629%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4629)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-10** To House Judiciary `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. 345) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `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`
- **2022-03-10** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 463) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 658)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **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 3/28/22 - 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 4, 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/890d0c92-a978-42ab-a0a2-f36c6a8c8a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).