---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts"
description: "Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4748"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4748 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-07"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa31ee7-8d11-4e08-b6e0-c466f3480f13"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4748&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e3e29affeaa4e407ddbefe42a2984da474a3984746abb4bda5a2c56440dbbce7"
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 4748 (2020) — Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts

## 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=HB4748%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4748)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4748%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4748)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4748%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4748)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-07** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-07** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-14** 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`
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 303) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass `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`
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 567) `passage`
- **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 - 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 310, 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/3aa31ee7-8d11-4e08-b6e0-c466f3480f13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).