---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform \"emergency services\" during a disaster"
description: "Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform \"emergency services\" during a disaster"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4123"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4123 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e444f830-6624-4034-8e2f-904d28504342"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4123&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5d725257ef86880dbcc4efa58a0767babb2e704a8252155cbf43e9a50ea5de62"
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 4123 (2020) — Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform "emergency services" during a disaster

## 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=HB4123%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4123)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4123%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4123)
3. **HB4123 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4123 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4123 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4123 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4123%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4123)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Estep-Burton — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Staggers — cosponsor (person)
- Swartzmiller — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-13** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Health and Human Resources
- **2020-01-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-13** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources
- **2020-01-30** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 204) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 524)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 525) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 762)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **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 295, 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/e444f830-6624-4034-8e2f-904d28504342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).