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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to clarifying the ability of the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors to enter into any contracts necessary to carry out its duties"
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description: "Relating to clarifying the ability of the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors to enter into any contracts necessary to carry out its duties"
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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 4959"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4959 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2020-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/670f47a5-a36e-4bcf-ad04-944de4b6c046"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4959&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "029f3eff03874e482ffd3b656e148f0de3b0b5a57c3e868d840f6e270d726cf3"
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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 4959 (2020) — Relating to clarifying the ability of the Economic Development Authority Board of Directors to enter into any contracts necessary to carry out its duties
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4959%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4959)
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2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4959%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4959)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Howell — primary (person)
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- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Staggers — cosponsor (person)
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- Tomblin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-20** Originating in House Government Organization
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- **2020-02-20** Do pass
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- **2020-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 331) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-02-26** Immediate consideration
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- **2020-02-26** Committee reference dispensed
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- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 354) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 354)
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- **2020-02-28** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
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- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
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- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
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- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 490)
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- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-05** House Message received
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `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 106, 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/670f47a5-a36e-4bcf-ad04-944de4b6c046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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