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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code"
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description: "Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 4444"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4444 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frich"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-06"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a068cbb8-92b2-4e94-864a-78a24e6a0a70"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4444&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "351451e6fc8fe59773a983307e60c30259ac5872cabcea46f652c80cfd4cb70d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4444 (2018) — Clarifying the authority of the State Fire Commission in adopting a State Building Code
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4444%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4444)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4444%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4444)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4444%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4444)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Frich — primary (person)
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- Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
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- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans, A. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Love — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
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- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Statler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-02-06** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
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- **2018-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-06** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-13** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
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- **2018-02-13** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-21** By substitute, do pass
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- **2018-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 216) `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-27** House Message received
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- **2018-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
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- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 322) `passage`
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- **2018-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate title amendment
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- **2018-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 304) `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-06** House Message received
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- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-04-17** Chapter 111, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a068cbb8-92b2-4e94-864a-78a24e6a0a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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