---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the scope of the Veterans to Agriculture Program"
description: "Expanding the scope of the Veterans to Agriculture Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4693"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4693 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pack"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f561d3ed-2ef3-4f53-b6ac-6a5b44915abc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4693&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f3946e194e6dcf28c11c8614f1158a55c31fd266b2627e6326c6f5093a875c2d"
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 4693 (2020) — Expanding the scope of the Veterans to Agriculture Program

## 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=HB4693%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4693)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4693%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4693)
3. **HB4693 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4693 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4693 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4693 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-5 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4693%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4693)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pack — primary (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-05** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Do pass with title amendment, but first to Government Organization
- **2020-02-11** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 361) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with 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`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 531)
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 532) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 631)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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 4, 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/f561d3ed-2ef3-4f53-b6ac-6a5b44915abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).