republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-4967.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the administration of the Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act to provide new liability protections for persons and companies who wish to purchase and redevelop former industrial properties."
description: "Relating to the administration of the Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act to provide new liability protections for persons and companies who wish to purchase and redevelop former industrial properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4967"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4967 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52ef8c0c-7da6-4918-b4f7-2bfa7f20aace"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4967&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9e312bdccbda5432d9e1e0843697719564c9c9bf8999742b12747e0600f39fb2"
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 4967 (2024) — Relating to the administration of the Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act to provide new liability protections for persons and companies who wish to purchase and redevelop former industrial properties.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4967%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4967)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4967%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4967)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4967%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4967)
4. **hb4967 s jud amt _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4967%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4967 sjud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4967%20sjud%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-22** To Energy and Manufacturing then Judiciary
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To House Energy and Manufacturing `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 293) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 413) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 630)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 130, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52ef8c0c-7da6-4918-b4f7-2bfa7f20aace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).