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Bill Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2022 HB 4559 West Virginia HB 4559 (2022)
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6 37 1 2022-02-07 2022-04-19 openstates ocd-bill/4d8f6c40-3733-4fc1-8557-110684bd05bc http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4559&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill cb705097e7c2e66d0f65847bd7bc35af9de4f1e32a1a87fd9c7d3c9952a3e5b8 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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West Virginia HB 4559 (2022) — Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner

Version chain

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

  1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB4559 HFA CAPITO 2-17 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4559 HFA CAPITO 2-17 _1 adopted.htm)
  5. HB4559 HFAT CAPITO 2-18 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4559 HFAT CAPITO 2-18 adopted.htm)
  6. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 340 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hanshaw — primary (person)
  • Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
  • Steele — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-07 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2022-02-07 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2022-02-07 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-16 By substitute, do pass
  • 2022-02-17 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2022-02-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2022-02-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2022-02-18 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2022-02-21 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Passed House (Roll No. 189) passage
  • 2022-02-21 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2022-02-21 Communicated to Senate
  • 2022-02-22 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2022-02-22 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2022-02-22 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2022-03-08 Reported do pass committee-passage
  • 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
  • 2022-03-11 On 3rd reading
  • 2022-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-03-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 457) passage
  • 2022-03-11 Communicated to House
  • 2022-03-11 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 3/30/22 - House Journal
  • 2022-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/30/22 executive-signature
  • 2022-03-12 Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
  • 2022-04-19 Chapter 146, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d8f6c40-3733-4fc1-8557-110684bd05bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).