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+type: "Bill"
+title: "West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act"
+description: "West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4176"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4176 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f289c42-5195-41ab-a261-ad3ae5c946e9"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4176&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "574aab850b74b93aeeeb3cc22dbf45c3675f431603e95c2008d37ab267c31063"
+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 4176 (2020) — West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act
+
+## 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=HB4176%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4176%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4176%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+4. **HB4176 HFA STEELE AND MILLER AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4176 HFA STEELE AND MILLER AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4176 HFAT SHOTT 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4176 HFAT SHOTT 3-7 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4176 SFA SYPOLT 3-7 _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4176 SFA SYPOLT 3-7 _3 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4176 SFAT SYPOLT 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4176 SFAT SYPOLT  3-7 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4176%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **94–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **29–3** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Miley — cosponsor (person)
+- Shott — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-14** To Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** To House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-02-25** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 338) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
+- **2020-03-06** Deferred until foot of 3rd
+- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20
+- **2020-03-07** Reported by clerk
+- **2020-03-07** Deferred until foot of 3rd
+- **2020-03-07** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-07** Substitute amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 574) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Gov Org Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2020-03-07** Sypolt 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 amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 760)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 625)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **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 296, 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/8f289c42-5195-41ab-a261-ad3ae5c946e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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