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+type: "Bill"
+title: "West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act"
+description: "West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4621"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4621 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Banking and Finance", "Economic Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-31"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae92d24-9942-4c79-88d7-d13eb456747b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4621&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ef7f715b149ef9aead96a87e414398d5966e5a6834571c1f76bea1aea38a6535"
+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 4621 (2020) — West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
+4. **HB4621 HFA CAPITO 2-16 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFA CAPITO 2-16 _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4621 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4621 HFAT SHOTT 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFAT SHOTT 3-5 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4621 S ECD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4621 S ECD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB4621 S ECD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4621 S ECD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
+9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Capito — primary (person)
+- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shott — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-17** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 225) `passage`
+- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-19** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 437) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 552)
+- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 605)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **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** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 35, 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/6ae92d24-9942-4c79-88d7-d13eb456747b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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