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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners"
+description: "Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5684"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5684 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-03-02"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/667dde21-882e-4a83-af35-293c886ccd82"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5684&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "90f150b8c1a98d86f8a4cbdd73edde81a07d364b7ba2b7add15e77f8bac568a7"
+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 5684 (2026) — Relating to authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create child protection commissioners
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5684%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5684)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5684%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5684)
+3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5684%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5684)
+4. **hb5684 s jud am _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5684%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+5. **hb5684 s jud amt _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5684%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-9%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb5684 sfa tarr 3-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5684%20sfa%20tarr%203-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Akers — primary (person)
+- B — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-03-02** Originating in House Judiciary
+- **2026-03-02** Do pass
+- **2026-03-02** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 338) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment reported
+- **2026-03-12** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 517) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 665)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 91, 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/667dde21-882e-4a83-af35-293c886ccd82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+