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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating the equitable right to expungement"
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description: "Creating the equitable right to expungement"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 4399"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4399 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nestor"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4222368f-9a61-4764-a594-22ea4a6103e9"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4399&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "67a3988765f8d9d2d67478101454acd1e1f799ca6294af773ce5688dace79b4b"
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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 4399 (2024) — Creating the equitable right to expungement
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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](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4399%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4399)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4399%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4399)
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3. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 747)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/house/00747.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4399%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4399)
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5. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 524)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2024/RS/votes/senate/03-09-0524.pdf)
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6. **hb4399 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4399%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
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7. **hb4399 sfa trump _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4399%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
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8. **hb4399 sfat trump _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4399%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **89–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nestor — primary (person)
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- Kump — cosponsor (person)
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- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12** By substitute, do pass
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- **2024-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 189) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2024-03-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 434) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
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- **2024-03-08** Title amendment adopted
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- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-08** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
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- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-09** Senate appoints conference committee: Stover, Deeds, Caputo
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-09** House agreed to conference, Pritt, C., Nestor, Garcia
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** Conference report filed - Senate
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- **2024-03-09** Conference report received-House
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- **2024-03-09** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 747)
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 524)
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Chapter 86, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
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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/4222368f-9a61-4764-a594-22ea4a6103e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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