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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership"
+description: "Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4797"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4797 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Municipalities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-11"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a701e2e-0da0-4eba-b51b-d2bfd23127df"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4797&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "9c8a5cf93ac6432ae604b32a07a02737d63800341fcb95d6e8a78c6193f696f2"
+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 4797 (2020) — Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership
+
+## 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=HB4797%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4797)
+2. **HB4797 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4797 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4797%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4797)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–9** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Capito — primary (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-02-11** To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-11** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2020-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Do pass
+- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 322) `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with 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** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
+- **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 (Roll No. 514) `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** 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. 722)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `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 77, 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/5a701e2e-0da0-4eba-b51b-d2bfd23127df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+