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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office"
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description: "Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office"
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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 4473"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4473 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Ethics"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sobonya"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-08"
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last_action: "2018-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/248cbd6b-5964-4558-8a91-6e503f842c1b"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4473&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "da326934736ebc12558974c13d2e06b13fef84c90b074ae9674d69bb8265450a"
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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 4473 (2018) — Relating to use of state funds for advertising to promote a public official or government office
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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=HB4473%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4473)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4473%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4473)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4473%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4473)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Sobonya — primary (person)
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- Ambler — cosponsor (person)
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- Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Overington — cosponsor (person)
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- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Romine, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
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- Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-13** By substitute, do pass
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- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-14** Postponed on 1st reading, Special Calendar, until 2/15/18
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- **2018-02-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 156) `passage`
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- **2018-02-19** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-20** House Message received
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- **2018-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and 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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- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2018-03-02** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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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 (Roll No. 323) `passage`
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- **2018-03-03** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
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- **2018-03-03** Floor Title amendment adopted
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- **2018-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2018-03-07** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 359)
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- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-08** House Message received
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-04-17** Chapter 89, 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/248cbd6b-5964-4558-8a91-6e503f842c1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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