republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2023/hb-3344.md

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Bill	To pay certain moral obligations of the state	To pay certain moral obligations of the state	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2023	HB 3344	West Virginia HB 3344 (2023)	bill	claims	enacted	Criss	3	38	1	2023-02-08	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/86194933-2a1c-4661-bdd9-2d27131eb141	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3344&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	97517a20079b156838295580390af98182e67ac63af420feed05b1713d8e7087	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 3344 (2023) — To pay certain moral obligations of the state

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Criss — primary (person)
• Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
• Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
• Horst — cosponsor (person)
• Hott — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Riley — cosponsor (person)
• Rowe — cosponsor (person)
• Statler — cosponsor (person)
• Storch — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 Filed for introduction filing
• 2023-02-08 To Finance referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Introduced in House introduction
• 2023-02-08 To House Finance referral-committee
• 2023-02-25 By substitute, do pass
• 2023-02-27 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-27 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-02-28 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-01 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2023-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-01 Placed at foot of bills
• 2023-03-01 Resumed consideration
• 2023-03-01 Passed House (Roll No. 400) passage
• 2023-03-01 Effective from passage (Roll No. 401)
• 2023-03-01 Communicated to Senate
• 2023-03-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2023-03-02 To Finance referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 To Finance referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-07 On 1st reading
• 2023-03-07 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2023-03-08 On 2nd reading
• 2023-03-08 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2023-03-09 On 3rd reading
• 2023-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2023-03-09 Passed Senate (Roll No. 469) passage
• 2023-03-09 Effective from passage (Roll No. 469)
• 2023-03-09 Communicated to House
• 2023-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2023-03-11 House received Senate message
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2023-03-27 To Governor 3/27/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-11 Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2023-03-28 Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Chapter 68, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86194933-2a1c-4661-bdd9-2d27131eb141. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).