---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention"
description: "Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4464"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4464 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4dfd316-fe63-420a-aa7c-5dd63f2d6d72"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4464&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fe6bcc45c040ac2d1a7cae24d61e63d0fc094cd51219b5be7c45cc37e75e5e97"
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 4464 (2026) — Relating generally to Underground Facilities Damage prevention

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4464%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4464)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4464%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4464)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4464%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4464)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4464%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4464)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–43** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kyle — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-16** To Energy and Public Works
- **2026-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** To House Energy and Public Works `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 103) `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 373) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 287, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4dfd316-fe63-420a-aa7c-5dd63f2d6d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).