republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2020/hb-4137.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format	Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2020	HB 4137	West Virginia HB 4137 (2020)	bill	Counties Elections	enacted	Higginbotham	3	34	2	2020-01-13	2020-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e864ca27-b59c-4ff8-9de5-c1cc8d43305a	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4137&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	fa049054188f08b312c0a66b1fad8b5f5ac02bcae805e7d232b59fc77a27211c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4137 (2020) — Allowing counties to store and maintain voter registration records in a digital format

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Higginbotham — primary (person)
• Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
• Foster — cosponsor (person)
• Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• Hanna — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2020-01-13 To Political Subdivisions referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2020-01-13 To House Political Subdivisions referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 By substitute, do pass
• 2020-01-31 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-01-31 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-02-04 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-02-04 Passed House (Roll No. 85) passage
• 2020-02-04 Communicated to Senate
• 2020-02-05 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2020-02-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2020-02-29 On 1st reading
• 2020-02-29 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-03-02 On 2nd reading
• 2020-03-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-03 On 3rd reading
• 2020-03-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 393) passage
• 2020-03-03 Communicated to House
• 2020-03-03 Completed legislative action
• 2020-03-03 House received Senate message
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-12 To Governor 3/12/20 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
• 2020-03-24 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 executive-signature
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
• 2020-04-15 Chapter 126, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e864ca27-b59c-4ff8-9de5-c1cc8d43305a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).