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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver"
+description: "Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4362"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4362 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bibby"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d345d08-e658-4c79-b14a-8530db090370"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4362&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ea25698e8bdfeac52f02823cd9d6b1fc94cd322e09b80a4d604a55c30280f59b"
+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 4362 (2020) — Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver
+
+## 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=HB4362%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4362)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4362%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4362)
+3. **HB4362 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4362 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4362 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4362 S JUD AMT _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4362 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4362 SFA _1 RUCKER 3-3 adopted.htm)
+6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4362%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4362)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bibby — primary (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Householder — cosponsor (person)
+- Kump — cosponsor (person)
+- Waxman — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-15** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
+- **2020-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2020-01-30** 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. 339) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** To Judiciary `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** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-05** Amendment 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. 494) `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. 710)
+- **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 90, 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/1d345d08-e658-4c79-b14a-8530db090370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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