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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber"
description: "Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4619"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4619 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f937005-26c0-4656-928b-227d041a47d0"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4619&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a257a6ba38a1fbd50fe5324ac84b9696103900c3c7d56940d6932e9fa45de777"
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 4619 (2020) — Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber
## 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=HB4619%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4619)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4619%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4619)
3. **HB4619 S GOV AM _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4619 S GOV AM _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4619 SFA _1 MAYNARD 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4619 SFA _1 MAYNARD 3-6 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4619 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4619 SFAT _1 MAYNARD 3-6 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4619%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4619)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **990** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **1000** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Boggs — cosponsor (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Miley — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-30** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 356) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, with amendment and 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** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-06** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-06** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 511) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Committee Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-06** Floor Title amendment adopted
- **2020-03-06** 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. 706)
- **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 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 37, 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/9f937005-26c0-4656-928b-227d041a47d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).