---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act"
description: "West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4621"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4621 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae92d24-9942-4c79-88d7-d13eb456747b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4621&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ef7f715b149ef9aead96a87e414398d5966e5a6834571c1f76bea1aea38a6535"
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 4621 (2020) — West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act

## 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=HB4621%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)
4. **HB4621 HFA CAPITO 2-16 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFA CAPITO 2-16 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4621 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4621 HFAT SHOTT 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4621 HFAT SHOTT 3-5 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4621 S ECD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4621 S ECD AM _1 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4621 S ECD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4621 S ECD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4621%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4621)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Shott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-31** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 225) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-19** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 437) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** 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. 552)
- **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. 605)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 35, 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/6ae92d24-9942-4c79-88d7-d13eb456747b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).