---
type: "Bill"
title: "To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use."
description: "To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4437"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4437 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheedy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/775d1119-ddf4-44f0-a654-49b076936147"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4437&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5fb74feccdecb01edb921ec274e2cf5ef2cf1f34d0687243e67930c57f81e89f"
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 4437 (2026) — To allow Gold Star parents to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4437%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4437)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4437%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4437)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4437%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4437)
4. **hb4437 s trn am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4437%20s%20trn%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4437 sfat maynard _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4437%20sfat%20maynard%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheedy — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Clay — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Watt — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Energy and Public Works
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-23** Do pass
- **2026-01-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 30) `passage`
- **2026-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-01-30** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 398) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 632)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 236, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/775d1119-ddf4-44f0-a654-49b076936147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).