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Bill Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2020 HB 4020 West Virginia HB 4020 (2020)
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West Virginia HB 4020 (2020) — Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state

Version chain

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

  1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB4020 HFA HOWELL 1-20 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4020 HFA HOWELL 1-20 adopted.htm)
  5. HB4020 S JUD AM _1 3-2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4020 S JUD AM _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
  6. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 5940 (pass) · lower
  • Passage — 1914 (pass) · upper
  • PASSAGE — 6138 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Foster — primary (person)
  • Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
  • Bibby — cosponsor (person)
  • Butler — cosponsor (person)
  • Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennings — cosponsor (person)
  • Mandt — cosponsor (person)
  • Phillips — cosponsor (person)
  • Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
  • Steele — cosponsor (person)
  • Waxman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-13 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2020-01-13 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2020-01-13 To House Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2020-01-16 By substitute, do pass
  • 2020-01-17 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-01-17 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2020-01-20 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-01-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2020-01-20 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2020-01-21 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-01-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2020-01-21 Passed House (Roll No. 18) passage
  • 2020-01-21 Communicated to Senate
  • 2020-01-22 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2020-01-22 To Government Organization then Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-22 To Government Organization referral-committee
  • 2020-01-24 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
  • 2020-01-24 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-03-03 Reported do pass, with amendments 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
  • 2020-03-04 Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2020-03-05 On 3rd reading
  • 2020-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (Roll No. 450) 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. 703)
  • 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 244, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf4b0341-7d38-40f4-9ac0-d0f51f1bbbdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).