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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process"
+description: "Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4599"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4599 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-20"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9715412c-d129-4174-9dda-e9d461b976d4"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4599&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "bd2970333034c558d0ea3b0157d9a2e700bf4ca7b5264dabaf4047299c80fc7a"
+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 4599 (2026) — Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process
+
+## 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=hb4599%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4599)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4599%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4599)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4599%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4599)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4599%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4599)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burkhammer — primary (person)
+- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Worrell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-20** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-20** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-16** By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2026-02-16** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 127) `passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
+- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 376) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** To Governor 3/10/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 139, 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/9715412c-d129-4174-9dda-e9d461b976d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+