---
type: "Bill"
title: "To amend the deliberate intent statute to limit noneconomic damages to $500,000"
description: "To amend the deliberate intent statute to limit noneconomic damages to $500,000"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3270"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3270 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677133a5-5ead-406e-af3a-33cc22c71a0a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3270&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "964ca6080d821d56a7a95a304f79fab05e69e5bdf5089aae12ae279328f3e8b3"
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 3270 (2023) — To amend the deliberate intent statute to limit noneconomic damages to $500,000

## 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=hb3270%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3270)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3270%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3270)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3270%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3270)
4. **hb3270 hfat capito 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3270 hfat capito 2-28 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **24–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hott — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 344) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Motion to move to 3rd with right to amend rejected (Roll No. 481)
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary Committee Amendment Reported
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Rules on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 486)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 522) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate 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`
- **2023-03-29** Became law 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 331, 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/677133a5-5ead-406e-af3a-33cc22c71a0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).