---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period"
description: "Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4350"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4350 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holstein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6dd43d3-eabc-47f5-8b93-b77f95b261d9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4350&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "403a05191eedb1e8b1c5f90da72308c703ba8d97bc52b1bb050b26c23443fee6"
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 4350 (2024) — Relating to appointment of candidates after filing period

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4350%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4350)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4350%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4350)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4350%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4350)
4. **hb4350 s gov am _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4350%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%202-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jan 01, 2025 — **83–12** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **80–15** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holstein — primary (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 63)
- **2024-01-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 433) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 433)
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 725)
- **2024-03-09** Effective January 1, 2025 (Roll No. 726)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 124, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6dd43d3-eabc-47f5-8b93-b77f95b261d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).