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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate"
+description: "Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2042"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2042 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df2493ae-5d80-468c-80f0-848a0be3358e"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2042&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "35c8ab2dcd6ea6b4514f5af3c2735d7dddacc52b3af0ff9cc2cba2949b6a33b0"
+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 2042 (2025) — Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2042%20sub.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2042)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2042%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2042)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2042%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2042)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2042%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2042)
+5. **hb2042 hfat akers 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2042%20hfat%20akers%202-24%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2042 hfat mcgeehan 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2042%20hfat%20mcgeehan%204-1%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb2042 s jud am _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2042%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb2042 s jud amt _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2042%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-10%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burkhammer — primary (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-13** To House Courts `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-18** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-02-18** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-02-20** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 9) `passage`
+- **2025-02-25** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-02-25** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-12** On 1st reading
+- **2025-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-03-14** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-14** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 117) `passage`
+- **2025-03-14** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-03** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-03** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 367)
+- **2025-04-03** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-07** House Message received
+- **2025-04-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 325)
+- **2025-04-07** Communicated to House
+- **2025-04-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-07** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-10** To Governor 4/9/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-09** To Governor 4/9/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-10** To Governor 4/9/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 49, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df2493ae-5d80-468c-80f0-848a0be3358e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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