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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments"
+description: "Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 4976"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4976 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-22"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5466552-7556-490e-9004-7dab65264ce9"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4976&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "01317bb3d61843b28e2b495b966c538e88db111a3117be9be865591355f1af1e"
+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 4976 (2024) — Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
+4. **hb4976 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4976%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **hb4976 hfat phillips 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4976%20hfat%20phillips%201-30%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennings — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-29** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-30** Passed House (Roll No. 66) `passage`
+- **2024-01-30** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-01-30** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-09** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** On 1st reading
+- **2024-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 143) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-14** Communicated to House
+- **2024-02-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-02-15** House received Senate message
+- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 151, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5466552-7556-490e-9004-7dab65264ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+