---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a Combat Action Badge and Combat Action Ribbon special registration plates"
description: "Relating to the establishment of a Combat Action Badge and Combat Action Ribbon special registration plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2733"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2733 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longanacre"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25ad7211-e946-414f-9545-40375a1f2f1b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2733&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8ff209741db2568a239a0c132b694bd2427b6074235135b228df121ecab25e8a"
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 2733 (2022) — Relating to the establishment of a Combat Action Badge and Combat Action Ribbon special registration plates

## 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=HB2733%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2733)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2733%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2733)
3. **HB2733 S T_I AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2733 S T_I AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2733 S T_I AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2733 S T_I AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2733%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2733)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longanacre — primary (person)
- Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
- Forsht — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 277) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2022-03-02** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 439) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 597)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 183, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25ad7211-e946-414f-9545-40375a1f2f1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).