---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules"
description: "Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4042"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4042 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07bbd847-8792-423e-92a1-290640ad345c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4042&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2c0e9741745547896bf514715eb555dbdcdce9b15dcf4112c10a435d5c48aa75"
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 4042 (2020) — Requiring agencies exempt from some or all of state purchasing requirements to adopt procedural rules

## 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=HB4042%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4042)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4042%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4042)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4042%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4042)
4. **HB4042 HFA SUMMERS 1-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4042 HFA SUMMERS 1-16 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4042 SFA _1 MAYNARD 2-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4042 SFA _1 MAYNARD 2-4 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4042%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4042)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-17** Passed House (Roll No. 14) `passage`
- **2020-01-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/4/20
- **2020-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 80) `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 113)
- **2020-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-10** House Message received
- **2020-02-11** To Governor 2/11/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-12** To Governor 2/11/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-11** To Governor 2/11/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-17** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-18** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-02-18** Approved by Governor 2/17/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 165, 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/07bbd847-8792-423e-92a1-290640ad345c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).