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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to defining a newborn safety device"
+description: "Relating to defining a newborn safety device"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 3559"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3559 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aceb68ce-62c1-430b-8122-ec5832d05ecb"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3559&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "78e244c7448d3669a319761535de7c0c2a539608ccf1197bd6c900515e566212"
+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 3559 (2023) — Relating to defining a newborn safety device
+
+## 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=hb3559%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3559)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3559%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3559)
+3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3559%20org.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3559)
+4. **hb3559 hfa westfall 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3559 hfa westfall 2-27 _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **hb3559 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3559 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
+6. **hb3559 s jud amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3559 s jud amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Kump — cosponsor (person)
+- Marple — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-24** Originating in House Judiciary
+- **2023-02-24** Do pass
+- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 366) `passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 480) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 740)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 66, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aceb68ce-62c1-430b-8122-ec5832d05ecb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+