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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to use of crossbow to hunt"
+description: "Relating to use of crossbow to hunt"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 470"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 470 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cline"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c98523-fbb8-4d18-8d77-73ffa7621ed5"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=470&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a1b8f016fd81efa89ebb284a99ebdc021b7da2f05f07483a9a388a682b5beb83"
+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 SB 470 (2020) — Relating to use of crossbow to hunt
+
+## 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=SB470%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=470)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB470%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=470)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB470%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=470)
+4. **SB470 SFAT _1 HAMILTON 1-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB470 SFAT _1 HAMILTON 1-23 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cline — primary (person)
+- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
+- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-15** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute reported
+- **2020-01-23** On 1st reading
+- **2020-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-27** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 31) `passage`
+- **2020-01-27** Ordered to House
+- **2020-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-28** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04** Do pass
+- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-10** From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-11** Passed House (Roll No. 138) `passage`
+- **2020-02-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-12** House Message received
+- **2020-02-18** To Governor 2/18/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-19** To Governor 2/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-19** To Governor 2/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/24/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/24/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 228, 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/07c98523-fbb8-4d18-8d77-73ffa7621ed5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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