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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization"
+description: "Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4009"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4009 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609e71cd-4b98-4bf8-a89e-a2dd9d57a955"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4009&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "da4a6c497680a23ffab76fc3d328501ebdc90b5df642512a3a28c19bc72ec77e"
+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 4009 (2020) — Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization
+
+## 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=HB4009%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
+4. **HB4009 HFA STAGGERS 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 HFA STAGGERS 2-21 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4009 HFAT SHOTT 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 HFAT SHOTT 2-24 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4009 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4009 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4009 S JUD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4009 S JUD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB4009 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-4 adopted.htm)
+9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **81–18** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **82–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack — cosponsor (person)
+- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Toney — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-08** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-21** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 296) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-25** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
+- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 488) `passage`
+- **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. 727)
+- **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 - 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 273, 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/609e71cd-4b98-4bf8-a89e-a2dd9d57a955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+