---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting telecommunications and IP-enabled voice services from displaying the name or telephone number of the recipient"
description: "Prohibiting telecommunications and IP-enabled voice services from displaying the name or telephone number of the recipient"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4150"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4150 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0786b1b7-cd2b-4a91-90c0-a9db09c1ef8c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4150&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fefc30418d8c18caf1ea430fdd1e3791aad32588b6e5ddb5c7782bf6511d26cc"
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 4150 (2018) — Prohibiting telecommunications and IP-enabled voice services from displaying the name or telephone number of the recipient

## 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=HB4150%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4150)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4150%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4150)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4150%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4150)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4150%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4150)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–2** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **94–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-23** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-01-25** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed House (Roll No. 16) `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-26** House Message received
- **2018-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** Rereferred to Judiciary on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Having been read 1st time 3/7/18
- **2018-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2018-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 427) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 514)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 516) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 45, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0786b1b7-cd2b-4a91-90c0-a9db09c1ef8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).