---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making technical corrections in the code when referencing chapter 49"
description: "Making technical corrections in the code when referencing chapter 49"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4020"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4020 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01e98b5f-5a7e-477e-8765-ccf3cd2d9f42"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4020&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1f96e4a7afe8fa1e8e0c245c0521c757afc1993423d5d23e0cb8b6a2d9bcd319"
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 4020 (2018) — Making technical corrections in the code when referencing chapter 49

## 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=HB4020%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4020)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4020%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4020)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4020%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4020)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-17** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-19** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-19** Passed House (Roll No. 4) `passage`
- **2018-01-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-22** House Message received
- **2018-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-02-06** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-06** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 48)
- **2018-02-07** House reconsidered passage (Voice)
- **2018-02-07** House reconsidered concurrence in Senate amendment
- **2018-02-07** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 53)
- **2018-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-08** House Message received
- **2018-02-08** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 79) `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Communicated to House
- **2018-02-08** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-09** House received Senate message
- **2018-02-14** To Governor 2/14/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-14** To Governor 2/14/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15** To Governor 2/14/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-02-20** Approved by Governor 2/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 37, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01e98b5f-5a7e-477e-8765-ccf3cd2d9f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).