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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Specifying forms of grandparent visitation"
+description: "Specifying forms of grandparent visitation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 51 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cline"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=51&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a942b166cdd569a672f936387cee3e0b8e976f7afed4bbed814ca107f45a730f"
+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 SB 51 (2020) — Specifying forms of grandparent visitation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB51%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=51)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB51%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=51)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cline — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
+- Romano — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-24** On 1st reading
+- **2020-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 36) `passage`
+- **2020-01-28** Ordered to House
+- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-29** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
+- **2020-01-29** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2020-02-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** Do pass
+- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 631) `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 101, 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/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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