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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission"
+description: "Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4004"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4004 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, D."]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b5c372f-9a64-4a9b-8ae5-a8ff7f4936e5"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4004&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "6785476f0c6802c1bad4f367f43c6bad8daefa4f3c7f14d7882fa98562451e77"
+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 4004 (2020) — Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
+4. **HB4004 HFA ROWE 1-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4004 HFA ROWE 1-14 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4004 HFA SHOTT 1-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4004 HFA SHOTT 1-14 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4004 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4004 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4004 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4004 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–3** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly, D. — primary (person)
+- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-10** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-01-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-01-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-01-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-15** Passed House (Roll No. 4) `passage`
+- **2020-01-15** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 520)
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 521) `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 700)
+- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 701)
+- **2020-03-07** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
+- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 624)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 164, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b5c372f-9a64-4a9b-8ae5-a8ff7f4936e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+