---
type: "Bill"
title: "To allow veterinary telehealth in West Virginia with out of state providers"
description: "To allow veterinary telehealth in West Virginia with out of state providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4570"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4570 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d42f3d3-cee8-4d45-91ff-951df75c6501"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4570&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "39a172cc81803fd10d57877fbe9849f88881c0b71f38218adec3f0c8a97d373d"
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 4570 (2022) — To allow veterinary telehealth in West Virginia with out of state providers

## 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=HB4570%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4570)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4570%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4570)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4570%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4570)
4. **HB4570 HFA DEAN 2-28 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4570 HFA DEAN 2-28 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4570%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4570)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hamrick — primary (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-08** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-08** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** 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`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 298) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Agriculture and Rural Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Agriculture and Rural Development `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2022-03-08** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 416) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 212, 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/7d42f3d3-cee8-4d45-91ff-951df75c6501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).