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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
+description: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4615"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4615 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, J."]
+version_count: 13
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-30"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0612efc1-4e9b-4f08-a30e-49dcdf8db94a"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4615&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "7267a69fc0f90ec5ce86bb3d43439a8b3c0965719171fa8bcb16f27b8c7c7dfd"
+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 4615 (2020) — West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 160)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00160.pdf)
+2. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 161)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00161.pdf)
+3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
+4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
+5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
+6. **HB4615 HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4615 HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB4615 HFA SHOTT AND CAPITO _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA SHOTT AND CAPITO  _1 adopted.htm)
+9. **HB4615 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4615 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+10. **HB4615 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4615 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
+11. **HB4615 SFA _1 LINDSAY 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 SFA _1 LINDSAY 3-7 adopted.htm)
+12. **HB4615 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm)
+13. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–35** (pass) · lower
+- HFA FLUHARTY 2-12 — **44–54** (fail) · lower
+- HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED — **53–45** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 — **56–41** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kelly, J. — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-10** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-12** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 159) `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 160)
+- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 161)
+- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 176) `passage`
+- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-05** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
+- **2020-03-07** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-07** Lindsay Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Weld Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 559) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** 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. 752)
+- **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 - 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 92, 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/0612efc1-4e9b-4f08-a30e-49dcdf8db94a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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