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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner"
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description: "Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner"
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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 4559"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4559 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-07"
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last_action: "2022-04-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8f6c40-3733-4fc1-8557-110684bd05bc"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4559&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "cb705097e7c2e66d0f65847bd7bc35af9de4f1e32a1a87fd9c7d3c9952a3e5b8"
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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 4559 (2022) — Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner
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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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4559%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4559%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4559%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
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4. **HB4559 HFA CAPITO 2-17 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4559 HFA CAPITO 2-17 _1 adopted.htm)
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5. **HB4559 HFAT CAPITO 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4559 HFAT CAPITO 2-18 adopted.htm)
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6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4559%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hanshaw — primary (person)
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- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2022-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-02-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16** By substitute, do pass
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- **2022-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2022-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 189) `passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2022-02-21** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2022-02-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading
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- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
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- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 457) `passage`
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- **2022-03-11** Communicated to House
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- **2022-03-11** Completed legislative action
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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 3/30/22 - House Journal
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- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
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- **2022-04-19** Chapter 146, 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/4d8f6c40-3733-4fc1-8557-110684bd05bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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