---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring automatic enrollment of substance abuse disorder population into managed care"
description: "Requiring automatic enrollment of substance abuse disorder population into managed care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "West Virginia SB 820 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc1b710-45e5-4ea2-b03b-c6146bf4c977"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=820&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "626f12dfa74c8a3a08d3e5de40f2882b2b0e353a3a06f8f3841285b199ef4d9a"
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 820 (2024) — Requiring automatic enrollment of substance abuse disorder population into managed care

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb820%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=820)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb820%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=820)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb820%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=820)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb820%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=820)
5. **sb820 s fin am _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb820%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb820 s fin amt _1 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb820%20s%20fin%20amt%20_1%202-23%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb820 sfa takubo _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb820%20sfa%20takubo%20_1%202-28%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb820 sfa weld _ 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb820%20sfa%20weld%20_%202-28%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb820 sfat tarr _ 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb820%20sfat%20tarr%20_%202-28%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-16** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-16** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2024-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Finance on 2nd reading `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-02-28** Takubo amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Weld amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 300) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-02-28** Tarr title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-28** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 647) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 165, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dc1b710-45e5-4ea2-b03b-c6146bf4c977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).