---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit banks the discretion to choose whether to receive deposits from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations when arranging for the re-deposits of county, municipal, and state funds"
description: "Permit banks the discretion to choose whether to receive deposits from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations when arranging for the re-deposits of county, municipal, and state funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4779"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4779 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a89d73c-f4d8-4c1a-b482-e210723db195"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4779&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9f798388151328d74c1bd816ca8af1e332ac543297c56582a3594b68137a7cea"
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 4779 (2022) — Permit banks the discretion to choose whether to receive deposits from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations when arranging for the re-deposits of county, municipal, and state funds

## 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=HB4779%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4779)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4779%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4779)
3. **HB4779 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4779 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4779%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4779)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 420) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-11** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 581) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-11** 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 47, 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/8a89d73c-f4d8-4c1a-b482-e210723db195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).