---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statutory construction"
description: "Relating to statutory construction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3432"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3432 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52e47988-3245-4450-a957-dce3083d3e71"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3432&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "71967e27a33e40d4dcdf3c3e793df1e5e26fa36bbbb5b745693f0457a3dfc948"
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 3432 (2023) — Relating to statutory construction

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3432%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3432)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3432%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3432)
3. **hb3432 s jud am _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3432 s jud am _1 3-7 adopted.htm)
4. **hb3432 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3432 s jud amt _1 3-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Do pass
- **2023-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 307) `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 308)
- **2023-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading
- **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** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **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 with amended title (Roll No. 521) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 521)
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 737)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 738)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **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 3/29/2023 - 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 303, 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/52e47988-3245-4450-a957-dce3083d3e71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).