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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to funeral service licensure and administration"
description: "Relating to funeral service licensure and administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4483"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4483 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edacdab-2824-426e-9c5a-25b16c940ab1"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4483&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "49587e662ec78c7fae24b8ca1fa72348a5d4669c870936184a6c1848e4a3df39"
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 4483 (2026) — Relating to funeral service licensure and administration
## 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=hb4483%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4483)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **970** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **970** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **930** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amos — primary (person)
- Browning — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** To House Government Adminstration `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 202) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 203)
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** Deferred until foot of 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Senate reconsidered adoption of com. amendment (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, com. amend pending
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 481) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 482)
- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 635)
- **2026-03-14** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 636)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 257, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
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).