---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forest fires"
description: "Relating to forest fires"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4394"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4394 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans, A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ee0fa75-7c38-43b8-ad88-53f8673f11f0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4394&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "33e6251ae415f9d7075929ec5cd0cd7cc1fc2fe0010066e007a8aff66ee8c6bf"
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 4394 (2018) — Relating to forest fires

## 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=HB4394%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4394)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4394%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4394)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4394%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4394)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4394%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4394)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Evans, A. — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Romine, R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-01** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 236) `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-28** House Message received
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 442) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 518)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 173, 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/7ee0fa75-7c38-43b8-ad88-53f8673f11f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).