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type: "Bill"
title: "Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state"
description: "Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2831"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2831 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Legislature", "Local and Special Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dab8b7-36fc-4750-b75b-b3ee7e6e7692"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2831&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "79df527741b6ee20c3b1ac92d9a9d7e35024137f7f88e078c141e16bca8e3a8b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---
# West Virginia HB 2831 (2019) — Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2831%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2831)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2831%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2831)
3. **HB2831 S FIN AM _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2831 S FIN AM _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2831 SFA _1 SYPOLT 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2831 SFA _1 SYPOLT 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2831%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2831)
## Votes
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **961** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **916** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **913** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **8311** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Criss — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-02-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 323) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 324)
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amends pend.
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 446) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 446)
- **2019-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 663)
- **2019-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 664)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** To Governor 3/25/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 46, Acts, Regular Session, 2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85dab8b7-36fc-4750-b75b-b3ee7e6e7692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).