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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees"
+description: "Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4747"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4747 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Professions and Occupations", "Records and Papers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-02-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a83260-f83e-4434-b6f1-e03365aaeca3"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4747&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "e12b44dd613d3871bbafebffa233cefa0faaac7e9e330baadeab5f095d0a4fef"
+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 4747 (2020) — Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees
+
+## 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=HB4747%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4747)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4747%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4747)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4747%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4747)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **30–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howell — primary (person)
+- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-02-07** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** By substitute, 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`
+- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 259) `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass `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`
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 565) `passage`
+- **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 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 171, 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/76a83260-f83e-4434-b6f1-e03365aaeca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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