---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event"
description: "Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4497"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4497 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mandt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d5e65a9-9e09-41e1-bdda-1a5a062aa2f8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4497&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "bd7ae712c25dc33a2913e7d3ed2a507cf406f5613aefb9f945adaa7d3d92fe82"
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 4497 (2020) — Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event

## 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=HB4497%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4497)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4497%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4497)
3. **HB4497 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4497 S ED AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4497 SFA _2 RUCKER 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4497 SFA _2 RUCKER 3-7 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4497 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4497 SFAT _1 RUCKER 3-4 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4497%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4497)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mandt — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-23** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 344) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and 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** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 553) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Education Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-07** Rucker Title amendment adopted
- **2020-03-07** 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. 749)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **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 - 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 119, 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/6d5e65a9-9e09-41e1-bdda-1a5a062aa2f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).