---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity"
description: "Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4522"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4522 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e20e5d-3ab0-4715-90d3-c2acc28bb646"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4522&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1c5ec5e1904c14f69bd7b3f5e49892f82a5854d4f7659251143837bd1e0f7b5f"
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 4522 (2020) — Allowing division to accept documents compliant with Real ID Act for proof of identity

## 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=HB4522%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4522)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4522%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4522)
3. **HB4522 S T_I AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4522 S T_I AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4522%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4522)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butler — primary (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-23** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 282) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-24** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 380) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 483)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 225, 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/a2e20e5d-3ab0-4715-90d3-c2acc28bb646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).