---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization"
description: "Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4714"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4714 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa5a640a-3130-4997-a39f-deea14aac38c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4714&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9d4c8f3679e59e118b0380724cea7f11d10796c6a18049833614e6115cfbf931"
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 4714 (2020) — Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization

## 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=HB4714%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4714)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4714%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4714)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-06** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Do pass
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 239) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 442) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **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 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 340, 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/aa5a640a-3130-4997-a39f-deea14aac38c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).