---
type: "Bill"
title: "To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia"
description: "To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4799"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4799 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d94430a-de59-48b5-bc9c-ecdbf9be1e62"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4799&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1a78d0cff65290edc396fb86b2af52483ef8dc647d34229ddddc2c47697f9505"
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 4799 (2026) — To establish the cold case task force for the State of West Virginia

## 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=hb4799%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4799)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4799%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4799)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4799%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4799)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4799%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4799)
5. **hb4799 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4799%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4799 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4799%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Pinson — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** To Legal Services
- **2026-02-13** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 173) `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** To Judiciary `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. 403) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-13** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 499)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 93, 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/1d94430a-de59-48b5-bc9c-ecdbf9be1e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).