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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Department of Health Rules Bundle"
+description: "Department of Health Rules Bundle"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4215"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4215 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature--Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe521c7-2aaa-4484-bc21-11f337d0cdea"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4215&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a47e4a25133ae7deb16865459902af09a739a40900bbf9a1187eb5584cd9699c"
+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 4215 (2026) — Department of Health Rules Bundle
+
+## 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=hb4215%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4215)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4215%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4215)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4215%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4215)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4215%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4215)
+5. **hb4215 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4215%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4215 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4215%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **88–7** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–3** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith, D. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-01-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-28** Passed House (Roll No. 24) `passage`
+- **2026-01-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 25)
+- **2026-01-28** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-21** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-23** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (Roll No. 233) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Comm. title amendment adopted
+- **2026-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 234)
+- **2026-02-25** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-02-27** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-27** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 211)
+- **2026-02-27** Effective from passage (Roll No. 214)
+- **2026-02-27** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-27** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-02** House Message received
+- **2026-03-03** To Governor 3/2/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-04** To Governor 3/2/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/9/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 218, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe521c7-2aaa-4484-bc21-11f337d0cdea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+