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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases"
+description: "Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4476"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4476 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-22"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ee12c46-1591-48c3-a71c-b3b79d451cfb"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4476&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e3cbd405bd704d66c4e52773f995631d4bdbb2c8a84ebefd926d2960f9ad5391"
+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 4476 (2020) — Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4476%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4476%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)
+3. **HB4476 HFA S. BROWN 1-29 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4476 HFA S. BROWN 1-29 _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4476 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4476 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4476 S JUD AMT _2 2-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4476 S JUD AMT _2 2-10 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4476 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4476 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-13 adopted.htm)
+7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4476%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shott — primary (person)
+- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27** Do pass
+- **2020-01-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-29** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-01-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-30** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/31/20
+- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 73) `passage`
+- **2020-01-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-14** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-02-14** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-14** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 166) `passage`
+- **2020-02-17** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
+- **2020-02-18** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 218)
+- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-18** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-19** House Message received
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 300, 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/6ee12c46-1591-48c3-a71c-b3b79d451cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+