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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to occupational licensing or other authorization to practice"
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description: "Relating to occupational licensing or other authorization to practice"
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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 4634"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4634 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Professions and Occupations"]
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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: 37
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-10"
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last_action: "2022-04-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a8c8a6f-cfe5-4173-9bdb-d3f92c17d90b"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4634&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "91e3af40a102d3852ea10a1f0eb8e5012f1f96c842100c05ab863c3743539b8d"
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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 4634 (2022) — Relating to occupational licensing or other authorization to practice
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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=HB4634%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4634)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4634%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4634)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4634%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4634)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **22–12** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Espinosa — primary (person)
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- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
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- Foster — cosponsor (person)
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- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
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- Horst — cosponsor (person)
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- Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — 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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- **2022-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2022-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2022-02-10** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** By substitute, do pass
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- **2022-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2022-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 250) `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Communicated to Senate
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- **2022-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2022-02-28** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** 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 with right to amend
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- **2022-03-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-11** Lindsay floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 475)
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- **2022-03-11** Romano floor amendment #1 rejected (Roll No. 476)
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- **2022-03-11** Romano floor amendment #2 rejected (Roll No. 477)
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- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 478) `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 213, 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/5a8c8a6f-cfe5-4173-9bdb-d3f92c17d90b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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