---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees"
description: "Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4091"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4091 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337f9c3e-8d56-413b-ac88-f4fc767c19af"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4091&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "945a7bff17e5220a762205360ecaa7ba5e77acf2ed6d87dc6a9fd4de6c40fc29"
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 4091 (2020) — Allowing for expedited oil and gas well permitting upon payment of applicable expedited fees

## 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=HB4091%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4091)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4091%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4091)
3. **HB4091 HFAT ANDERSON 1-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4091 HFAT ANDERSON 1-20 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4091%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4091)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Tomblin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-10** To Energy
- **2020-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** To House Energy `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-20** Passed House (Roll No. 16) `passage`
- **2020-01-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2020-01-21** To Energy, Industry, and Mining
- **2020-01-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 72) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-11** To Governor 2/11/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-13** To Governor 2/11/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-11** To Governor 2/11/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-17** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-18** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-02-18** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 134, 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/337f9c3e-8d56-413b-ac88-f4fc767c19af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).