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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying the filing fees for insurers"
+description: "Modifying the filing fees for insurers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4359"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4359 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674bca75-cc8b-4185-9e42-c0d6edeab97d"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4359&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "f8b6f8370de0534714b3fe58ce7a5611ef84d32a2c7f47386588401c23089a8c"
+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 4359 (2020) — Modifying the filing fees for insurers
+
+## 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=HB4359%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4359)
+2. **HB4359 S B_I AM _1 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4359 S B_I AM _1 2-17 adopted.htm)
+3. **HB4359 S B_I AMT _1 2-17adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4359 S B_I AMT _1 2-17adopted.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4359%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4359)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **85–11** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **94–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-15** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Do pass
+- **2020-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 70) `passage`
+- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-03** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-03** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-20** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 202) `passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 202)
+- **2020-02-21** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-02-27** House received Senate message
+- **2020-02-27** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 379)
+- **2020-02-27** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 380)
+- **2020-02-27** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-27** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-28** House Message received
+- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 196, 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/674bca75-cc8b-4185-9e42-c0d6edeab97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+