---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims Bill"
description: "Claims Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3152"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3152 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e7802eb-e4e2-49b0-a358-3acf29dc00dc"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3152&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "45a3507b7677a35bf02b20a5a4842fb203b5361244a94c6fa556569c082d3b27"
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 3152 (2025) — Claims Bill

## 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=hb3152%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3152)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3152%20sub2.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3152)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3152%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3152)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3152%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3152)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3152%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3152)
6. **hb3152 s fin am _1 4-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3152%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%204-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-28** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/31/2025
- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 279) `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 280)
- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 404) `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 405)
- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 595)
- **2025-04-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 597)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 54, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e7802eb-e4e2-49b0-a358-3acf29dc00dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).