---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
description: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4615"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4615 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, J."]
version_count: 13
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0612efc1-4e9b-4f08-a30e-49dcdf8db94a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4615&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7267a69fc0f90ec5ce86bb3d43439a8b3c0965719171fa8bcb16f27b8c7c7dfd"
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 4615 (2020) — West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 160)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00160.pdf)
2. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 161)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2020/RS/votes/house/00161.pdf)
3. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)
6. **HB4615 HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED adopted.htm)
7. **HB4615 HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4615 HFA SHOTT AND CAPITO _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 HFA SHOTT AND CAPITO  _1 adopted.htm)
9. **HB4615 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4615 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
10. **HB4615 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4615 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
11. **HB4615 SFA _1 LINDSAY 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 SFA _1 LINDSAY 3-7 adopted.htm)
12. **HB4615 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4615 SFA _1 WELD 3-7 adopted.htm)
13. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4615%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4615)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–35** (pass) · lower
- HFA FLUHARTY 2-12 — **44–54** (fail) · lower
- HFA LOVEJOY 2-12 REVISED — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- HFA PUSHKIN 2-12 — **56–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly, J. — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 159) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 160)
- **2020-02-12** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 161)
- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 176) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title 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`
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-07** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-07** Lindsay Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Weld Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 559) `passage`
- **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. 752)
- **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 - 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 92, 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/0612efc1-4e9b-4f08-a30e-49dcdf8db94a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).