---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children"
description: "Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4381"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4381 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries, J."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25f3debc-d2d7-41a4-94ba-c8fcd7c427ec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4381&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6c2c48c892f2884ee44807189c888ffda751b540c5a005dca8be26fff9af46fb"
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 4381 (2020) — Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children

## 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=HB4381%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4381)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4381%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4381)
3. **HB4381 HFA ATKINSON 1-30 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4381 HFA ATKINSON 1-30 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4381 HFAT ATKINSON 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4381 HFAT ATKINSON 1-30 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4381%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4381)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries, J. — primary (person)
- Bibby — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-16** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `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`
- **2020-01-30** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 71) `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-14** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/14/20
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 164) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-17** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 233, 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/25f3debc-d2d7-41a4-94ba-c8fcd7c427ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).