---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect"
description: "Relating to mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "West Virginia SB 465 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee560b8-aede-4f23-9c48-d42bb4f61b7a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=465&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "02e1b0e1dbc8702c8f0dd870f58757a9b5cd167eb0896db46227464cc23b926f"
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 465 (2018) — Relating to mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect

## 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=SB465%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=465)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB465%20SUB2.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=465)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB465%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=465)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB465%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=465)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Boso — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Ferns — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-02** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-02** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2018-02-23** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 210) `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Do pass
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 371) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 36, 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/dee560b8-aede-4f23-9c48-d42bb4f61b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).