---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to wildlife resources"
description: "Relating to wildlife resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4180"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4180 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ac5d63-8c47-485b-ab75-661ef52aa421"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4180&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "155e64b22e4c4e1168ee8f58e61242c7cc3670930e262d1297b35e6bdada5ac1"
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 4180 (2018) — Relating to wildlife resources

## 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=HB4180%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4180)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4180%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4180)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4180%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4180)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hamilton — primary (person)
- Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Evans, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Hollen — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- Romine, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-18** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 100) `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-15** House Message received
- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 309) `passage`
- **2018-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 172, 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/d5ac5d63-8c47-485b-ab75-661ef52aa421`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).