---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to per diem jail costs"
description: "Relating to per diem jail costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3552"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3552 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/715149f0-a28e-49e1-ab00-e690861527a7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3552&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "610137ada21d1cd84f9928dedeac50adaf0c6ac5379b0236abfa4748ba749fd0"
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 3552 (2023) — Relating to per diem jail costs

## 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=hb3552%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3552)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3552%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3552)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3552%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3552)
4. **hb3552 hfa hillenbrand 2-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3552 hfa hillenbrand 2-23 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3552 hfa kelly 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3552 hfa kelly 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3552 hfat kelly 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3552 hfat kelly 3-10 adopted.htm)
7. **hb3552 s gov am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3552 s gov am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
8. **hb3552 s gov amt _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3552 s gov amt _1 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Originating in House Jails and Prisons
- **2023-02-20** Do pass
- **2023-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-23** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 280) `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** 2nd reference dispensed
- **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** 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. 519) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 769)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 619)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** 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 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 79, 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/715149f0-a28e-49e1-ab00-e690861527a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).