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type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize the ordering of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds, and to create the State Auditors Public Integrity and Fraud Fund for use of said funds"
description: "Authorize the ordering of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds, and to create the State Auditors Public Integrity and Fraud Fund for use of said funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2838"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2838 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ba95b5-5f0c-4ae5-9cd4-29364675606c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2838&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2b4460c2f875c1e540241b938816ef56b1eaf2c69f01144734782310537b4973"
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 2838 (2022) — Authorize the ordering of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds, and to create the State Auditors Public Integrity and Fraud Fund for use of said funds
## 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=HB2838%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2838)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2838%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2838)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2838%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2838)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Westfall — primary (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2022-01-31** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 278) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 440) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 240, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5ba95b5-5f0c-4ae5-9cd4-29364675606c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).