---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certification of electrical inspectors"
description: "Relating to certification of electrical inspectors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4803"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4803 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e040a7bf-8816-4a07-af3a-204da02a8bcd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4803&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f60a54b492abd071635081ce290214ef37b19c8a2ef37a9b9068cb002f6cf8d3"
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 4803 (2020) — Relating to certification of electrical inspectors

## 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=HB4803%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4803)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4803%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4803)
3. **HB4803 SFA MAYNARD 3-2 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4803 SFA MAYNARD 3-2 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4803 SFA MAYNARD 3-7 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4803 SFA MAYNARD 3-7 _2 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4803 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4803 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-7 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4803%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4803)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 323) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** 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`
- **2020-03-03** Floor amendment reported
- **2020-03-03** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/3/20
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 570) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 633)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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 254, 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/e040a7bf-8816-4a07-af3a-204da02a8bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).