---
type: "Bill"
title: "Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020"
description: "Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4019"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4019 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, J."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/034075c4-3576-4b70-b150-f004305507c8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4019&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ccdf348a9452edf5247ebff493356d02279bec87e487f1e74255c5716ef74788"
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 4019 (2020) — Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020

## 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=HB4019%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4019)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4019%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4019)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4019%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4019)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **25–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly, J. — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Little — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 308) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-26** To Economic Development then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 449) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 332, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/034075c4-3576-4b70-b150-f004305507c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).