---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Surveyors to offer to record surveys of property"
description: "Require Surveyors to offer to record surveys of property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4721"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4721 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations", "Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e92c0358-d59d-4956-b6fd-f8dfaf920e8d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4721&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "651c0eaf4368ec35b2b94cfb614388f8fddac56a7374f744d391f7e1a8068860"
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 4721 (2024) — Require Surveyors to offer to record surveys of property

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4721%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4721)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4721%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4721)
3. **hb4721 s gov am _1 3-5 adopted (2).htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4721%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-5%20adopted%20(2).htm)
4. **hb4721 s gov am _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4721%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4721 s gov amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4721%20s%20gov%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4721 sfa woodrum _2 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4721%20sfa%20woodrum%20_2%203-6%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-15** To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
- **2024-02-14** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 352) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-06** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 406) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 693)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 199, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e92c0358-d59d-4956-b6fd-f8dfaf920e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).