---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court"
description: "Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4242"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4242 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fae6177-c6de-437a-9c8c-6bf0190b65cf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4242&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "79bfc87e4836a2905751862b722b60ed92d9e93e0c67cb33a5fdeb86c7b067e2"
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 4242 (2018) — Clarifying the jurisdictional amount for removal of a civil action from magistrate court to circuit court

## 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=HB4242%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4242)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4242%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4242)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4242%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4242)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4242%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4242)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-30** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-01** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 36) `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-02** House Message received
- **2018-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** Passed Senate (Roll No. 142) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Communicated to House
- **2018-02-16** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-19** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-23** To Governor 2/23/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 5, 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/8fae6177-c6de-437a-9c8c-6bf0190b65cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).