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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer"
description: "Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4881"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4881 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d36ab60-f568-42b1-9922-1bf688daed8f"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4881&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "64ed23abbca9dca82291aa64d48e7d6d72a55c3921372d041e5302ec0defeab1"
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 4881 (2026) — Relating to obtaining title to abandoned or junked motor vehicles abandoned on the property or place of business of an automobile dealer
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4881%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4881)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4881%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4881)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4881%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4881)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ferrell — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-11** Do pass
- **2026-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 94) `passage`
- **2026-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-17** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-02-17** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2026-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 404) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 238, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d36ab60-f568-42b1-9922-1bf688daed8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).