---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fireworks"
description: "Relating to fireworks"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4611"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4611 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries, J."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e170f1c-ec21-4342-b119-9534feb18e7e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4611&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bc644115c8fbcb69b58816029fd369b8dc5a2b598ed69bfff15550ece742c9c0"
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 4611 (2020) — Relating to fireworks

## 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=HB4611%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4611)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4611%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4611)
3. **HB4611 S FIN AM _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4611 S FIN AM _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4611 S FIN AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4611 S FIN AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4611%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4611)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries, J. — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-30** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 130) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 510) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 751)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **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** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 147, 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/3e170f1c-ec21-4342-b119-9534feb18e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).