---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizing the Public Service Commission's regulation of solid waste motor carriers and solid waste facilities"
description: "Modernizing the Public Service Commission's regulation of solid waste motor carriers and solid waste facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4587"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4587 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries, D."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f20ca54-14a1-4456-a756-f440301f9c8e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4587&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "68488b107dbab01bf99a5ee5d818e633fb6883e5c4bdcfdf7e06cda82081c642"
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 4587 (2020) — Modernizing the Public Service Commission's regulation of solid waste motor carriers and solid waste facilities

## 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=HB4587%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4587)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4587%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4587)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4587%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4587)
4. **HB4587 HFA MAYNARD 2-25 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4587 HFA MAYNARD 2-25 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4587 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4587 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4587 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted reconsidered withdrawn.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4587 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted reconsidered withdrawn.htm)
7. **HB4587 SFAT _2 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4587 SFAT _2 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4587%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4587)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–37** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **74–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries, D. — primary (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-29** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 354) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 556) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Maynard Title amendment #1 withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-07** Maynard Title amendment #2 adopted
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 765)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **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** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `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 306, 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/8f20ca54-14a1-4456-a756-f440301f9c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).