---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application"
description: "Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4515"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4515 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sypolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63bb81e8-b6d6-4eda-8bea-e22c036514d5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4515&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2cff2068873c3f2a4ab1827db0827f8de09e0cb5a64012644bb1b6535aa16391"
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 4515 (2020) — Relating to wildlife resources, eligibility for license or permit application

## 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=HB4515%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4515)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4515%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4515)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sypolt — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — 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`
- **2020-02-04** Do pass
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 121) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported do pass `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`
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (Roll No. 203) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-21** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-21** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/27/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-27** To Governor 2/27/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/27/20 - 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 237, 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/63bb81e8-b6d6-4eda-8bea-e22c036514d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).