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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor"
+description: "Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4559"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4559 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-28"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8280eb5-734f-4157-b8a0-9c09e0bc3fff"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4559&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "65cefa7019bda98e53d4412f0fd827cb4412dcd98ffaaec72a72e84ceeac9373"
+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 4559 (2020) — Modifying the limitations on civil actions against the perpetrator of sexual assault or sexual abuse upon a minor
+
+## 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=HB4559%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
+2. **HB4559 S JUD AMT _1 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4559 S JUD AMT _1 2-27 adopted.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4559%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4559)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shott — primary (person)
+- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** Do pass
+- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 105) `passage`
+- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 405) `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-03** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 477)
+- **2020-03-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-04** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `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 2, 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/a8280eb5-734f-4157-b8a0-9c09e0bc3fff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+