---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect"
description: "Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4585"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4585 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd534fd3-af65-4ad0-b6b6-babb8a71df2c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4585&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "00ee3fddb9d9c031ad46ef81b5a60f2e675799329e32410854322ba4384d7657"
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 4585 (2020) — Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for making good faith reports of suspected or known instances of child abuse or neglect

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4585%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4585)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4585%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4585)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–29** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Do pass
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 122) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2020-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 555) `passage`
- **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 45, 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/dd534fd3-af65-4ad0-b6b6-babb8a71df2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).