---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages"
description: "Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4576"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4576 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a48effb2-2c79-455c-8434-431e3d37ef2b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4576&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "412bacd9c3256a1c600a09b79894c0d1626ad309bb706705a0528ca5f475cc2f"
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 4576 (2020) — Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4576%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4576)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4576%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4576)
3. **HB4576 HFA SHOTT 3-6 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4576 HFA SHOTT 3-6 _1 adopted adopted.htm)
4. **HB4576 HFA SHOTT 3-6 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4576 HFA SHOTT 3-6 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4576 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4576 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted adopted.htm)
6. **HB4576 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4576 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4576 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4576 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4576 S JUD AMT _1 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4576 S JUD AMT _1 2-21 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4576%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4576)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pyles — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 155) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 406) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 612)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 594)
- **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 145, 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/a48effb2-2c79-455c-8434-431e3d37ef2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).