---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certified public accountants"
description: "Relating to certified public accountants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4088"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4088 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4088&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "03f9d618091d4b7739273fc5b41605beb51537d7165167d4e8ff86e27b45c178"
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 4088 (2026) — Relating to certified public accountants

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4088%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4088)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** To House Government Adminstration `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 119) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Committee reference dispensed
- **2026-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 202) `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Communicated to House
- **2026-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-24** To Governor 8/24/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/2/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 256, 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/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).