---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization"
description: "Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "West Virginia SB 716 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d863dcee-fc53-46ce-b275-60a48c5d1905"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=716&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b51c78e10017d9f89b0192ca96976e68e493ebd75e88b899827bbf7b02ecbec0"
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 716 (2020) — Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization

## 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=SB716%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=716)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB716%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=716)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB716%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=716)
4. **SB716 HFIN AMT 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB716 HFIN AMT 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT JULY 1, 2020 — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 311) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Do pass, but first to Finance
- **2020-03-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** With title amendment, do pass
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 664) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 665)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 615) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Effective July 1, 2020 (Roll No. 615)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/10 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 183, 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/d863dcee-fc53-46ce-b275-60a48c5d1905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).