---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments"
description: "Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4976"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4976 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennings"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5466552-7556-490e-9004-7dab65264ce9"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4976&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "01317bb3d61843b28e2b495b966c538e88db111a3117be9be865591355f1af1e"
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 4976 (2024) — Providing the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4976%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4976)
4. **hb4976 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4976%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4976 hfat phillips 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4976%20hfat%20phillips%201-30%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Passed House (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-01-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 143) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-14** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-14** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-15** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-01** Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 151, 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/a5466552-7556-490e-9004-7dab65264ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).