---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records"
description: "Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4406"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4406 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Banking and Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f4094fe-a183-4011-9971-e2879351716c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4406&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f79066ac29ac3f1bb93824afa811809c5cf2d7ed558b43af85b768f783131f62"
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 4406 (2020) — Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4406%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4406)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4406%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4406)
3. **HB4406 H B_I AM _2 2-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4406 H B_I AM _2 2-3 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4406 S B_I AMT _1 3-1adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4406 S B_I AMT _1 3-1adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4406%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4406)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelson — primary (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-17** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 190) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 458) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** 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. 715)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/7/20 `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 32, 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/4f4094fe-a183-4011-9971-e2879351716c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).