---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to bankruptcy"
description: "Relating to bankruptcy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2221"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2221 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e63307c4-aee6-421c-bca9-fdb441cbba58"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2221&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c6532d9d63bd7e35e2c12a3aa060eff60010b2cd3511be10b7191b3b9c9e3a5e"
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 2221 (2023) — Relating to bankruptcy

## 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=hb2221%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2221)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2221%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2221)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2221%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2221)
4. **hb2221 hfat garcia 1-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2221 hfat garcia 1-26 adopted.htm)
5. **hb2221 s jud am _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2221 s jud am _1 3-1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb2221 s jud amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2221 s jud amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-01-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Passed House (Roll No. 45) `passage`
- **2023-01-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/2023 with right to amend
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 400) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 582)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-10** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 56, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e63307c4-aee6-421c-bca9-fdb441cbba58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).