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type: "Bill"
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title: "Applying current requirements for certain voting systems to be independent and non-networked to all voting systems that seek certification in West Virginia."
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description: "Applying current requirements for certain voting systems to be independent and non-networked to all voting systems that seek certification in West Virginia."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 4438"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4438 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-31"
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last_action: "2022-04-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f408c339-e1f7-44bd-af66-86405866a988"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4438&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "ae89241ccced8543890555906009d3775320d2f493854bec39a9002a37c7667e"
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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 4438 (2022) — Applying current requirements for certain voting systems to be independent and non-networked to all voting systems that seek certification in West Virginia.
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4438%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4438)
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2. **HB4438 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4438 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4438%20intr.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4438)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Espinosa — primary (person)
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- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Criss — cosponsor (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
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- Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
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- Summers — 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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- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2022-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Do pass
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- **2022-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 123) `passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2022-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04** On 1st reading
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- **2022-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-08** On 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 377) `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2022-03-09** House received Senate message
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- **2022-03-09** House concurred in Senate title amendment
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- **2022-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 443) `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2022-03-10** House Message received
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- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/24/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-24** To Governor 3/24/22 `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
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- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
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- **2022-04-19** Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
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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/f408c339-e1f7-44bd-af66-86405866a988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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