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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election"
description: "Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3332"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3332 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 59
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03578cdd-853d-4b93-a376-e28d9b73fedf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3332&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8c7a894b1938c89dff1ed4be0097a7b8f618060377758fc221f7ab0753c0936d"
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 3332 (2023) — Creating judicial circuits and assigning the number of circuit judges in each circuit to be elected in the 2024 election
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 402)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00402.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
6. **Second Engrossment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3332%20sub%20eng2.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3332)
7. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm)
8. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _1 as amended adopted.htm)
9. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-27 _2 adopted.htm)
10. **hb3332 hfa capito 2-28 _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 2-28 _3 adopted.htm)
11. **hb3332 hfa capito 3-1 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa capito 3-1 _2 adopted.htm)
12. **hb3332 hfa reynolds 3-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 hfa reynolds 3-1 _1 adopted.htm)
13. **hb3332 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3332 s fin am _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
14. **hb3332 sfa trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 sfa trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
15. **hb3332 sfat trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3332 sfat trump _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **31–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/28
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
- **2023-02-28** Amendment to amendment adopted (Voice)
- **2023-02-28** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Placed at foot of bills on 3rd reading
- **2023-03-01** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-01** Amendment to amendment adopted (Roll No. 402)
- **2023-03-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 403) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2023-03-09** Finance Committee Amendment Reported
- **2023-03-09** Trump amendment to Finance committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Finance committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 468) `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Finance committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-09** Trump title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 770)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 617)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** To Governor 3/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 98, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03578cdd-853d-4b93-a376-e28d9b73fedf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).