---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to multicounty trail network authorities"
description: "Relating to multicounty trail network authorities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4499"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4499 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22df332-f85f-4ef3-b16d-5bf9a7fe28fa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4499&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "de2361e362d0b0bf0578c204e6e81afe381db5e9097b79e3a7f10471232f7945"
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 4499 (2020) — Relating to multicounty trail network authorities

## 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=HB4499%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4499)
2. **HB4499 HFAT SUMMERS 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4499 HFAT SUMMERS 3-7 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4499 S NR AMT _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4499 S NR AMT _1 2-29 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4499%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4499)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Pyles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-23** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Do pass
- **2020-02-14** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 234) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with title 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`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 502) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 750)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 598) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 234, 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/c22df332-f85f-4ef3-b16d-5bf9a7fe28fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).