---
type: "Bill"
title: "Terminating parental rights when certain conditions are met"
description: "Terminating parental rights when certain conditions are met"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "West Virginia SB 443 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arvon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4acac0fa-e049-488a-8f5b-c3d7e42d9148"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=443&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "455bd3a4ca042257ab317dd5b476bec0147e425631797a228c426dcfa0200d38"
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 SB 443 (2018) — Terminating parental rights when certain conditions are met

## 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=SB443%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=443)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB443%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=443)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB443%20SUB1%20enr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=443)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB443%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=443)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arvon — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Gaunch — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-31** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
- **2018-02-23** Having been read 1st time 2/21/18
- **2018-02-23** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 209) `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 461) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 478)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 35, 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/4acac0fa-e049-488a-8f5b-c3d7e42d9148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).