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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to Broadband Enhancement and Expansion"
+description: "Relating to Broadband Enhancement and Expansion"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4015"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4015 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corporations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-09"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34fd5b9d-36bb-4921-a889-8e6fbfabb698"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4015&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9e9eb135bbaca002ef376b46850a53f0f631ee02ad23ff554cea86e71503a58c"
+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 4015 (2020) — Relating to Broadband Enhancement and Expansion
+
+## 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=HB4015%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4015)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4015%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4015)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4015%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4015)
+4. **HB4015 HFA SHOTT 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4015 HFA SHOTT 2-19 _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4015 S GOV AM _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4015 S GOV AM _1 3-5 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4015 SFA _1 PLYMALE 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4015 SFA _1 PLYMALE 3-6 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4015 SFAT _1 PLYMALE 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4015 SFAT _1 PLYMALE 3-7 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4015%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4015)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Linville — primary (person)
+- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack — cosponsor (person)
+- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-09** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-09** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 250) `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** To Government Organization `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 Reported
+- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
+- **2020-03-07** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 545) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Com Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2020-03-07** Floor Title amendment adopted
+- **2020-03-07** 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. 761)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **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** 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 36, 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/34fd5b9d-36bb-4921-a889-8e6fbfabb698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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