republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4088.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to certified public accountants	Relating to certified public accountants	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4088	West Virginia HB 4088 (2026)	bill	Professions and Occupations	enacted	Criss	4	32	2	2026-01-14	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4088&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	03f9d618091d4b7739273fc5b41605beb51537d7165167d4e8ff86e27b45c178	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/98cf5658-5a8e-4fc4-97c1-9a5cf6353fac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).