---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act"
description: "Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4717"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4717 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Crime", "Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f92d79-b6e1-4aa7-93f8-1a88abfbc172"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4717&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "cf931b261afffe945379a172fe32ad806999df547d93796319c7c19b90066524"
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 4717 (2020) — Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act

## 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=HB4717%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4717)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4717%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4717)
3. **HB4717 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4717 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4717 SFA _1 IHLENFELD 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4717 SFA _1 IHLENFELD 3-5 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4717 SFA _2 WELD 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4717 SFA _2 WELD 3-6 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4717 SFAT _1 IHLENFELD 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4717 SFAT _1 IHLENFELD 3-6 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4717%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4717)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **75–24** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **77–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Fleischauer — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To House Judiciary `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. 363) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-06** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-06** Ihlenfeld Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Weld Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 513) `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. 719)
- **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`
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 54, 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/17f92d79-b6e1-4aa7-93f8-1a88abfbc172`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).