republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2022/hb-4098.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Geothermal Energy Development"
description: "Relating to Geothermal Energy Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4098"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4098 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-17"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81e99cf8-51f8-47fe-bb97-ae928ef8f4d9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4098&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "79339186d137e1e077c3cc94f579d862746ff7f353c6a54116020dcc5c8cb394"
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 4098 (2022) — Relating to Geothermal Energy Development

## 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=HB4098%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4098%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)
3. **HB4098 HFA CAPITO 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4098 HFA CAPITO 3-11 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4098 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4098 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4098 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4098 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4098 SFA KARNES _2 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4098 SFA KARNES _2 3-10 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4098%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4098)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-17** To Energy and Manufacturing then Judiciary
- **2022-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-17** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 100) `passage`
- **2022-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-11** To Energy, Industry, and Mining then Judiciary
- **2022-02-11** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2022-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **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 with right to amend
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Energy, Industry, and Mining Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2022-03-11** Floor amendment to Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Judiciary Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 445) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Judiciary Committee title amendment adopted
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 600)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 548)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **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 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 126, 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/81e99cf8-51f8-47fe-bb97-ae928ef8f4d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).