---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act"
description: "Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4634"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4634 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-31"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7191802e-e5aa-478e-aa6b-b1c49e5fef7a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4634&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e437b05ed98f80141604299a722ea7e711c6a1cae3d15c91fc8cc970803e2290"
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 4634 (2020) — Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission 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=HB4634%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4634)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4634%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4634)
3. **HB4634 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4634 S NR AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4634%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4634)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-31** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-31** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-11** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 285) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** To Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 528)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 529) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** 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. 735)
- **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 105, 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/7191802e-e5aa-478e-aa6b-b1c49e5fef7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).