---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency"
description: "Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4130"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4130 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries, D."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b576bd4-dd6d-4c1d-a9f6-bb5b52829294"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4130&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9221ff5bd750ff1fec2ac0a696dc6cd08b02b44416f6b693dac864f7f6e79a7f"
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 4130 (2020) — Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4130%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4130)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4130%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4130)
3. **HB4130 HFA FLEISCHAUER _1 1-17 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4130 HFA FLEISCHAUER _1 1-17  revised adopted.htm)
4. **HB4130 HFA FLEISCHAUER _1 1-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4130 HFA FLEISCHAUER _1 1-17 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4130 HFA SHOTT 1-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4130 HFA SHOTT 1-16 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4130%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4130)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries, D. — primary (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Do pass
- **2020-01-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-20** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-20** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-21** Passed House (Roll No. 21) `passage`
- **2020-01-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 22)
- **2020-01-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 45) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 45)
- **2020-01-29** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-01-30** House received Senate message
- **2020-01-30** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 60)
- **2020-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 61)
- **2020-01-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-30** Completed legislative action
- **2020-01-31** House Message received
- **2020-02-03** To Governor 2/3/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-04** To Governor 2/3/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** To Governor 2/3/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-05** Approved by Governor 2/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/5/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 166, 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/8b576bd4-dd6d-4c1d-a9f6-bb5b52829294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).