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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear"
+description: "Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4514"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4514 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-23"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e83724e-fa3d-404c-a438-bc98a86dd797"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4514&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "669e82997037d66a094a676fc5d1f82021be19151c77f49408f92017bb677dfe"
+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 4514 (2020) — Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear
+
+## 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=HB4514%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4514%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)
+3. **HB4514 HFA ATKINSON 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFA ATKINSON 2-19 _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 2-20 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 3-7 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4514 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4514 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4514 S NR AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4514 S NR AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4514%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–3** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atkinson — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Tomblin — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-23** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-23** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** 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. 253) `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-21** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** To Natural Resources `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`
+- **2020-03-05** 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. 504) `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** 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. 717)
+- **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. 629)
+- **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 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 236, 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/5e83724e-fa3d-404c-a438-bc98a86dd797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+