---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases"
description: "Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4476"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4476 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ee12c46-1591-48c3-a71c-b3b79d451cfb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4476&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e3cbd405bd704d66c4e52773f995631d4bdbb2c8a84ebefd926d2960f9ad5391"
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 4476 (2020) — Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases

## 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=HB4476%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4476%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)
3. **HB4476 HFA S. BROWN 1-29 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4476 HFA S. BROWN 1-29 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4476 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4476 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4476 S JUD AMT _2 2-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4476 S JUD AMT _2 2-10 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4476 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4476 SFA _1 TRUMP 2-13 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4476%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4476)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Do pass
- **2020-01-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/31/20
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 73) `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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-02-14** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-14** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 166) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-18** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 218)
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-19** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `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 300, 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/6ee12c46-1591-48c3-a71c-b3b79d451cfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).