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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to funeral service licensure and administration"
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description: "Relating to funeral service licensure and administration"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4483"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4483 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amos"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edacdab-2824-426e-9c5a-25b16c940ab1"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4483&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "49587e662ec78c7fae24b8ca1fa72348a5d4669c870936184a6c1848e4a3df39"
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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 4483 (2026) — Relating to funeral service licensure and administration
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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=hb4483%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4483%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4483%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4483%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4483%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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6. **hb4483 s gov am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4483%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-6%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amos — primary (person)
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- Browning — cosponsor (person)
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- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-16** To House Government Adminstration `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
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- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 202) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 203)
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- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2026-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
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- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-11** Senate reconsidered adoption of com. amendment (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, com. amend pending
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- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 481) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 482)
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- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
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- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
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- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 636)
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- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
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- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
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- **2026-03-14** House Message received
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- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2026-06-29** Chapter 257, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `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/1edacdab-2824-426e-9c5a-25b16c940ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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