---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to foster care"
description: "Relating to foster care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4092"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4092 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c845ba62-f9f4-4600-a002-c41b5aff28ba"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4092&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9c70cb63db6f5eb6df2ddd0e80082a881a8e06b624197ea03cd26beb7b21467f"
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 4092 (2020) — Relating to foster care

## 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=HB4092%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4092)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4092%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4092)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4092%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4092)
4. **HB4092 HFA NELSON AND PACK 2-17 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4092 HFA NELSON AND PACK 2-17 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4092 HFA SUMMERS 3-7 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4092 HFA SUMMERS 3-7 _2 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4092 HFAT SUMMERS 3-7 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4092 HFAT SUMMERS 3-7 _2 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4092 S FIN AM adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4092 S FIN AM adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4092%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4092)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Estep-Burton — cosponsor (person)
- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-10** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 222) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading to Finance
- **2020-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2020-03-06** Judiciary Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-06** Finance Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-06** Baldwin Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Trump Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Baldwin Amendment to committee amendment #2 adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Azinger et al Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Finance Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 489) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Judiciary Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-06** Finance Title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2020-03-06** Trump Title amendment adopted
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 728)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 601)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 40, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c845ba62-f9f4-4600-a002-c41b5aff28ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).