---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motor fuel excise taxes"
description: "Relating to motor fuel excise taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4113"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4113 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe077295-1373-4a65-ace8-0b42e01176e8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4113&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7ed9d5a5f80bbde10a7b91829732c595ea6cb3d001c7c6ee940d5d8eec5c9126"
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 4113 (2020) — Relating to motor fuel excise taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4113%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4113)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4113%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4113)
3. **HB4113 HFA FAST 2-12 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4113 HFA FAST 2-12 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4113 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4113 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 2-13 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4113 S FIN AM _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4113 S FIN AM _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4113 S FIN AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4113 S FIN AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4113%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4113)

## Votes

- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- POSTPONE 1 DAY — **28–68** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDS. — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-13** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** With title amendment, do pass
- **2020-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 170) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-13** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 171)
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 426) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 426)
- **2020-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** Motion to postpone action on motion to concur rejected (Roll No. 607)
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 608)
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 609) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 610)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `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 333, 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/fe077295-1373-4a65-ace8-0b42e01176e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).