---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition of the term member regarding distributing premium tax proceeds"
description: "Relating to the definition of the term member regarding distributing premium tax proceeds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4600"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4600 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f851f09f-c7a7-488d-8bd1-97ae150fd86f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4600&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7fbcb636025a986adcedf46ed9ae9c9e4d5a709ec9c76a50857cd8889134320d"
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 4600 (2020) — Relating to the definition of the term member regarding distributing premium tax proceeds

## 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=HB4600%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4600)
2. **HB4600 HFAT GRAVES 1-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4600 HFAT GRAVES 1-29 adopted.htm)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4600%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4600)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Pethtel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Originating in House Pensions and Retirement
- **2020-01-29** Do pass
- **2020-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed at foot of all bills
- **2020-02-03** Passed House (Roll No. 76) `passage`
- **2020-02-03** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-04** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-04** To Pensions
- **2020-02-04** To Pensions
- **2020-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-24** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/24/20
- **2020-02-25** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/25/20
- **2020-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 345) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-27** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-28** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** To Governor 3/3/20 `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 74, 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/f851f09f-c7a7-488d-8bd1-97ae150fd86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).