---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession"
description: "Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4819"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4819 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crouse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/813da21e-4318-403a-8b25-1f6b96e49a5b"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4819&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3c000896d6bd15aace7b2a9d3d355fb35006137236effd6dcccf352d6da32608"
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 4819 (2026) — Relating to use of criminal records as disqualification from authorization to practice a particular profession

## 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=hb4819%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4819)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4819%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4819)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4819%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4819)
4. **hb4819 hgo am _! adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4819%20hgo%20am%20_!%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crouse — primary (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-26** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-17** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-19** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 146) `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 493) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 140, 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/813da21e-4318-403a-8b25-1f6b96e49a5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).