---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission"
description: "Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4004"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4004 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, D."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b5c372f-9a64-4a9b-8ae5-a8ff7f4936e5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4004&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6785476f0c6802c1bad4f367f43c6bad8daefa4f3c7f14d7882fa98562451e77"
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 4004 (2020) — Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission

## 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=HB4004%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)
4. **HB4004 HFA ROWE 1-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4004 HFA ROWE 1-14 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4004 HFA SHOTT 1-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4004 HFA SHOTT 1-14 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4004 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4004 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4004 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4004 S JUD AMT _1 3-4 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4004%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4004)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly, D. — primary (person)
- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-15** Passed House (Roll No. 4) `passage`
- **2020-01-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title 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. 520)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 521) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 700)
- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 701)
- **2020-03-07** House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 624)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **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** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `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 164, 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/5b5c372f-9a64-4a9b-8ae5-a8ff7f4936e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).