---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to missing persons generally"
description: "Relating to missing persons generally"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4847"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4847 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06fc5426-b5c6-41d8-9636-39a20b51963a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4847&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cbea66f9871a88a0fb0dde92925ca212e775a0264e9a25b8fbab603c25b7fb92"
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 4847 (2022) — Relating to missing persons generally

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4847%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4847)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4847%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4847)
3. **HB4847 HFA GRAVES AND CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4847 HFA GRAVES AND CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4847 SFA TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4847 SFA TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4847 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4847 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm)
6. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4847%20ORG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4847)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
- Zukoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-25** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2022-02-25** 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`
- **2022-03-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 351) `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`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass `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** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 492) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Title amendment adopted
- **2022-03-12** 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. 660)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **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 250, 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/06fc5426-b5c6-41d8-9636-39a20b51963a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).