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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts"
+description: "To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4176"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4176 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Horst"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6980201-0153-4c04-aa00-acc622ad7678"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4176&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "5de9d77d80ab68962ff9567909e11421982257240c2517b4a42cd8988c8f990a"
+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 4176 (2026) — To allow youth and handicapped hunters to harvest a buck deer or doe during youth/handicapped special hunts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4176%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4176)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Horst — primary (person)
+- B — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Masters — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 283) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 531) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 245, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6980201-0153-4c04-aa00-acc622ad7678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+