---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work"
description: "Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4621"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4621 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller, C."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b1116f5-32d6-4a44-adff-173b2785be76"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4621&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c1909b9bc4cb66b68e6b98a64b1b68d7515ade96f4c91b380e9a20f9fedee2db"
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 4621 (2018) — Relating to removing reference to certain entities with respect to work

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4621%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4621%20Org.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4621)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Miller, C. — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Frich — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Sponaugle — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Originating in House Finance
- **2018-02-16** Do pass
- **2018-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 184) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-22** House Message received
- **2018-02-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-22** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** To Finance `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. 324) `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 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/10/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-20** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/20/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 50, 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/0b1116f5-32d6-4a44-adff-173b2785be76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).