---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear"
description: "Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4514"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4514 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkinson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e83724e-fa3d-404c-a438-bc98a86dd797"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4514&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "669e82997037d66a094a676fc5d1f82021be19151c77f49408f92017bb677dfe"
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 4514 (2020) — Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear

## 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=HB4514%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4514%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)
3. **HB4514 HFA ATKINSON 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFA ATKINSON 2-19 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 2-20 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4514 HFAT ATKINSON 3-7 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4514 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4514 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4514 S NR AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4514 S NR AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4514%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4514)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkinson — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Tomblin — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-23** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Do pass
- **2020-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 253) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and 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** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **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. 504) `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. 717)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 629)
- **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 236, 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/5e83724e-fa3d-404c-a438-bc98a86dd797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).