---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to abortion"
description: "Relating to abortion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "West Virginia SB 552 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b87ecb-4658-483d-a8c7-a9d97ff9bcb7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=552&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "99de8dbb0051efd21a4abd6b967184914008dcacd42917a67e39b15919677f00"
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 552 (2023) — Relating to abortion

## 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=sb552%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb552%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb552%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
4. **sb552 hfa summers 3-10 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb552 hfa summers 3-10 _2 adopted.htm)
5. **sb552 hfat summers 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb552 hfat summers 3-10 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stover — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2023-02-25** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 333) `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 715)
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 716) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 717)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 603)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 253, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3b87ecb-4658-483d-a8c7-a9d97ff9bcb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).