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---
type: "Bill"
title: "To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county"
description: "To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2910"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2910 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 56
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0123a61-ca4e-4b87-a680-3d58638be56e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2910&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a3bd45993ec60a9e132c066d4265466ca1f3ef0bbddb993e653cabbfb63e905d"
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 2910 (2022) — To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 322)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2022/RS/votes/house/00322.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
5. **HB2910 HFAT CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB2910 HFAT CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2910 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2910 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2910 S JUD AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2910 S JUD AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Foster — primary (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Amendments pending
- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-02** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 320) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-02** Motion to divide question adopted
- **2022-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 321) `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 322)
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 323) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** House further considered bill
- **2022-03-02** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-03** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-12** Government Organization Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-12** Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 497) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 672)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 75, 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/d0123a61-ca4e-4b87-a680-3d58638be56e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).