---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to credit for reinsurance"
description: "Relating to credit for reinsurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4230"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4230 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91f70866-7ca1-42f3-8878-f660e49d87cf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4230&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3b15f831f4ee9937045154f811c6cde8d402686408d38963399782de048fcbee"
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 4230 (2018) — Relating to credit for reinsurance

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4230%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4230)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4230%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4230)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4230%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4230)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2019 — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Upson — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-19** To Banking and Insurance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Do pass with title amendment, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-01-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-02** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** Passed House (Roll No. 50) `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Effective January 1, 2019 (Roll No. 51)
- **2018-02-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-07** House Message received
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 311) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Effective January 1, 2019 (Roll No. 311)
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 131, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91f70866-7ca1-42f3-8878-f660e49d87cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).