republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/hb-4434.md

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Bill	Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement	Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	HB 4434	West Virginia HB 4434 (2018)	bill	Elections	enacted	Shott	2	39	3	2018-02-05	2018-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e9f9ee70-a57d-45da-8c08-845330175c68	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4434&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	34a45c3992e1ce0499319f6aeca980220ebef5e2b54247073eca4bbbfdcdacb9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4434 (2018) — Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party as it relates to certificates of announcement

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 93–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 Filed for introduction filing
• 2018-02-05 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-05 Introduced in House introduction
• 2018-02-05 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Do pass
• 2018-02-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-02-14 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-14 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-02-15 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2018-02-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-02-15 Passed House (Roll No. 122) passage
• 2018-02-15 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-02-16 House Message received
• 2018-02-16 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2018-02-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2018-03-03 On 1st reading
• 2018-03-03 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2018-03-05 On 2nd reading
• 2018-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2018-03-05 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2018-03-06 On 3rd reading
• 2018-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 364) passage
• 2018-03-06 Senate requests House to concur
• 2018-03-07 House received Senate message
• 2018-03-07 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 358)
• 2018-03-07 Communicated to Senate
• 2018-03-07 Completed legislative action
• 2018-03-08 House Message received
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-15 To Governor 3/15/18 executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
• 2018-03-10 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
• 2018-03-22 Approved by Governor 3/22/18 executive-signature
• 2018-04-16 Chapter 82, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9f9ee70-a57d-45da-8c08-845330175c68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).