---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans"
description: "Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4030"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4030 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries, J."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bdb1cdd-c639-4f68-83ae-5c7f7d76615a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4030&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b969626ac86df3cdb2451d1653abd147cea19917351a0034c19fd85cb973e6a0"
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 4030 (2020) — Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4030%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4030)
2. **HB4030 Maynard AMT _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4030 Maynard AMT _1 adopted.htm)
3. **HB4030 S MIL AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4030 S MIL AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4030 S MIL AMT _1 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4030 S MIL AMT _1 1-30 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4030%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4030)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries, J. — primary (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Do pass
- **2020-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed House (Roll No. 57) `passage`
- **2020-01-29** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-01-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 58)
- **2020-01-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To Military
- **2020-01-30** To Military
- **2020-02-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 116) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 116)
- **2020-02-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-17** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-17** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 196)
- **2020-02-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 197)
- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-17** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-18** House Message received
- **2020-02-21** To Governor 2/21/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-21** To Governor 2/21/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-21** To Governor 2/21/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/20 - House Journal
- **2020-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 350, 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/6bdb1cdd-c639-4f68-83ae-5c7f7d76615a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).