---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the filing fees for insurers"
description: "Modifying the filing fees for insurers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4359"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4359 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674bca75-cc8b-4185-9e42-c0d6edeab97d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4359&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f8b6f8370de0534714b3fe58ce7a5611ef84d32a2c7f47386588401c23089a8c"
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 4359 (2020) — Modifying the filing fees for insurers

## 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=HB4359%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4359)
2. **HB4359 S B_I AM _1 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4359 S B_I AM _1 2-17 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4359 S B_I AMT _1 2-17adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4359 S B_I AMT _1 2-17adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4359%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4359)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **85–11** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **94–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-15** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Do pass
- **2020-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 70) `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported do pass, with amendments and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 202) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 202)
- **2020-02-21** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-27** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-27** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 379)
- **2020-02-27** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 380)
- **2020-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-28** House Message received
- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02** To Governor 3/2/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/7/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 196, 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/674bca75-cc8b-4185-9e42-c0d6edeab97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).