---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase"
description: "Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4523"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4523 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc8b3c5e-fda9-491b-949a-019d8d1e8704"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4523&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "44398c62b29076e5ed5c846a24be85dcff9d17778da8742f782ff072d07241a6"
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 4523 (2020) — Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4523%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4523)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4523%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4523)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-24** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** 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. 283) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 554) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate 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 238, 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/fc8b3c5e-fda9-491b-949a-019d8d1e8704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).