---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned"
description: "Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4668"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4668 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd333700-a428-4dd2-8da1-eb4f3cedf528"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4668&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fa107bee5562797c3eff7776b3d78302dab81d2d302534970acfca78db4801c8"
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 4668 (2020) — Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned

## 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=HB4668%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4668)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4668%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4668)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4668%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4668)
4. **HB4668 HFA Steele 2-20 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4668 HFA Steele 2-20 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4668 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4668 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4668 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4668 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4668%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4668)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDS. — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDER CONCUR — **54–46** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miley — primary (person)
- Caputo — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-04** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 302) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and title 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 468) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** House reconsidered concurrence in Senate amendment (Roll No. 694)
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 695)
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 696) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** 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 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 94, 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/bd333700-a428-4dd2-8da1-eb4f3cedf528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).