republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4483.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 funeral service licensure and administration	Relating to funeral service licensure and administration	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4483	West Virginia HB 4483 (2026)	bill	Boards and Commissions	enacted	Amos	6	44	5	2026-01-16	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1edacdab-2824-426e-9c5a-25b16c940ab1	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4483&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	49587e662ec78c7fae24b8ca1fa72348a5d4669c870936184a6c1848e4a3df39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4483 (2026) — Relating to funeral service licensure and administration

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4483 s gov am _1 3-6 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amos — primary (person)
• Browning — cosponsor (person)
• Heckert — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-16 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-16 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-01-16 To House Government Adminstration referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 By substitute, do pass
• 2026-02-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-25 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-26 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-26 Passed House (Roll No. 202) passage
• 2026-02-26 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 203)
• 2026-02-26 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-27 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-27 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-11 Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
• 2026-03-11 Senate reconsidered adoption of com. amendment (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading with right to amend, com. amend pending
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 481) passage
• 2026-03-12 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 482)
• 2026-03-12 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
• 2026-03-14 Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 636)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 257, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1edacdab-2824-426e-9c5a-25b16c940ab1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).