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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to substantiation of abuse and neglect allegations"
+description: "Relating to substantiation of abuse and neglect allegations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 647"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 647 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Juveniles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632e2664-af2d-46d2-9062-1d49fd6d1513"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=647&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "180b0b74a5a1670915371b5e0794bfac4ba67379c6d0e7a9724d4a1329938b71"
+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 647 (2023) — Relating to substantiation of abuse and neglect allegations
+
+## 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=sb647%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=647)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb647%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=647)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb647%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=647)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb647%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=647)
+5. **sb647 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/sb647 h jud am _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **sb647 hfat capito 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb647 hfat capito 3-8 adopted.htm)
+7. **sb647 sfa trump _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb647 sfa trump _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Trump — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-25** Committee substitute reported
+- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading
+- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 337) `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
+- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 694) `passage`
+- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 595)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 60, 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/632e2664-af2d-46d2-9062-1d49fd6d1513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+