---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to limited video lottery permit holders"
description: "Relating to limited video lottery permit holders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4647"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4647 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal Gaming"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65cd1b86-4031-4fb9-b1e7-337ff236ff5a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4647&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d22f63ac9de5b2a18583fe9b2556d095d2ac0d1ab0d3c56b31c9b4637bd329ae"
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 4647 (2020) — Relating to limited video lottery permit holders

## 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=HB4647%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4647)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4647%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4647)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **80–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Bates — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Do pass
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed House (Roll No. 156) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 408) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-03** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `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 151, 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/65cd1b86-4031-4fb9-b1e7-337ff236ff5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).