---
type: "Bill"
title: "To pay certain moral obligations of the state"
description: "To pay certain moral obligations of the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3344"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3344 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86194933-2a1c-4661-bdd9-2d27131eb141"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3344&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "97517a20079b156838295580390af98182e67ac63af420feed05b1713d8e7087"
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 3344 (2023) — To pay certain moral obligations of 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=hb3344%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3344)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3344%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3344)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3344%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3344)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-08** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Placed at foot of bills
- **2023-03-01** Resumed consideration
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 400) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 401)
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 469) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 68, 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/86194933-2a1c-4661-bdd9-2d27131eb141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).