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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver license to be suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs"
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description: "Relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver license to be suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 4958"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4958 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hamrick"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-02-21"
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last_action: "2020-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b3f1d4-a59c-4adf-8b69-b22899a0b084"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4958&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "53b897a36de89d7861a55f98ce0e9d70e98c44389b828723b4a4cc263b809f49"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4958 (2020) — Relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver license to be suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4958%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4958)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4958%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4958)
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3. **HB4958 AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4958 AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
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4. **HB4958 HFA HAMRICK 2-25 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4958 HFA HAMRICK 2-25 _1 adopted.htm)
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5. **HB4958 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4958 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
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6. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4958%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4958)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **89–9** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **96–3** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–10** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hamrick — primary (person)
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- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
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- Fleischauer — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly, D. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
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- Pyles — cosponsor (person)
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- Shott — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-21** Originating in House Judiciary
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- **2020-02-21** Do pass
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- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 370) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 371)
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- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
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- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
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- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-06** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 518) `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 518)
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- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 768)
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- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 769)
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- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-07** House Message received
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-04-15** Chapter 227, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4b3f1d4-a59c-4adf-8b69-b22899a0b084`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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