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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years"
+description: "Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4178"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4178 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20118ddb-858c-411d-9891-6b29eeaa4656"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4178&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "eb20fb4d1070d27bfc1894e8d84caca0a2709299e8f821905102d5351d5d7a6e"
+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 4178 (2020) — Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4178%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4178)
+2. **HB4178 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4178 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
+3. **HB4178 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4178 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-4 adopted.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4178%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4178)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-14** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Judiciary
+- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-14** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** Do pass
+- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 152) `passage`
+- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 492) `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. 745)
+- **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 297, 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/20118ddb-858c-411d-9891-6b29eeaa4656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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