---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Board of Sanitarians"
description: "Relating to the Board of Sanitarians"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4463"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4463 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clark"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b00f71-7c88-4339-8abf-9d6c11571a78"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4463&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a30161a08fa5ffd44a250feca50975a63a14e51545de4350780b52e60f4a3eaa"
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 4463 (2026) — Relating to the Board of Sanitarians

## 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=hb4463%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4463%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4463)
5. **hb4463 s gov am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4463%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4463 s gov amt _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4463%20s%20gov%20amt%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4463 sub hfa clark and burkhammer 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4463%20sub%20hfa%20clark%20and%20burkhammer%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Clark — primary (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** To House Local Governments `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/2026
- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-13** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 92) `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title 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 with amended title (Roll No. 399) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 400)
- **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. 633)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 634)
- **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 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 162, 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/a6b00f71-7c88-4339-8abf-9d6c11571a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).