---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years"
description: "Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4178"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4178 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20118ddb-858c-411d-9891-6b29eeaa4656"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4178&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "eb20fb4d1070d27bfc1894e8d84caca0a2709299e8f821905102d5351d5d7a6e"
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 4178 (2020) — Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years

## 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=HB4178%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4178)
2. **HB4178 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4178 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4178 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4178 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-4 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4178%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4178)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Judiciary
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Do pass
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 152) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 492) `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. 745)
- **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 297, 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/20118ddb-858c-411d-9891-6b29eeaa4656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).