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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to subsidized adoption"
+description: "Relating to subsidized adoption"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 4551"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4551 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Juveniles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e52490-3008-4133-87ae-459d3e43e1f9"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4551&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c63a94955d0ba712298211a6b7b1a1699ee4180195c34fa47eb119c9a8036dd3"
+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 4551 (2020) — Relating to subsidized adoption
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)
+3. **HB4551 HFA_1 FOSTER 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4551  HFA_1 FOSTER 2-12 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB4551 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB4551 H HHR AM _1 as ameded adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 H HHR AM _1 as ameded adopted.htm)
+6. **HB4551 S FAM AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 S FAM AM _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB4551 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB4551 SFA _1 ROBERTS 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4551 SFA _1 ROBERTS 2-29 adopted.htm)
+9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hill — primary (person)
+- Pack — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-27** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-07** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-11** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/12
+- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
+- **2020-02-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 175) `passage`
+- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-14** To Children and Families
+- **2020-02-14** To Children and Families
+- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-29** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/29/20
+- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-02** Committee Amendment Reported
+- **2020-03-02** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/2/20
+- **2020-03-03** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 434) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 550)
+- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-06** 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 44, 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/89e52490-3008-4133-87ae-459d3e43e1f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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