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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners"
description: "Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4088"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4088 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08d81c16-6f5e-473c-8664-233f599cc5a8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4088&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c3c150871c6d17417dab3a33483abe83a4a1ed803b4b4728e0fba21d0d821b79"
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 4088 (2020) — Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4088%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4088%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
3. **HB4088 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4088 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4088%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4088)
## Votes
- Passage — **321** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Cadle — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-10** To Energy then Finance
- **2020-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** To House Energy `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-10** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 169) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with title amendment `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`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 451) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **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 143, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08d81c16-6f5e-473c-8664-233f599cc5a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).