---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records"
description: "Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4837"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4837 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41f614d-6fe6-41b4-94d1-88dc831f2411"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4837&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c1fcd46c0cd4adb8f4140e50196166c493c135301b654d63cfbea9c640286629"
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 4837 (2024) — Clarifying the duty of banks to retain and procure records

## 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=hb4837%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4837)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4837%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4837)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4837%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4837)
4. **hb4837 s b_i amt _1 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4837%20s%20b_i%20amt%20_1%202-12%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4837 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4837%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4837 sfa trump _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4837%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-17** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 77) `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `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** Banking and Insurance comm. amend. withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-07** Judiciary Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-07** Amendment to Judiciary comm. amend. adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** Judiciary Committee amend. as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 437) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 701)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** 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 44, 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/f41f614d-6fe6-41b4-94d1-88dc831f2411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).