---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement"
description: "Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4207"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4207 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30b40982-7a9c-4fca-9f9d-9aec32682fdb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4207&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a1f53dd2a3d6e35c43ae94a9ce803dab28fdf9c7a38949a78707fef24c77d2f5"
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 4207 (2018) — Authorizing an online application to receive a commission to act as a notary public, and eliminating the bond requirement

## 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=HB4207%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4207)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4207%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4207)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4207%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4207)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Do pass
- **2018-01-24** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-26** Recommitted to Judiciary on 3rd reading
- **2018-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 191) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-23** House Message received
- **2018-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Reported do pass, with amendments `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-28** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 292) `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 326)
- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-06** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `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 220, 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/30b40982-7a9c-4fca-9f9d-9aec32682fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).