---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit"
description: "Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2799"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2799 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ccaa29-bf0b-48f8-928b-74266aa6524b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2799&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "614c07e6f6c1ba844ff22a2875c6e90715265172425116a325e145ca91ac1cba"
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 2799 (2018) — Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit

## 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=HB2799%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2799)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2799%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2799)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2799%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2799)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **89–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Isner — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, R. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-01-26** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** Passed House (Roll No. 29) `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-01-31** House Message received
- **2018-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 418) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 501)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/2118 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 135, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78ccaa29-bf0b-48f8-928b-74266aa6524b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).