---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to West Virginia Health Care Authority"
description: "Relating to West Virginia Health Care Authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20171S"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "West Virginia HB 117 (20171S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-24"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a661a2b-ecc4-4a48-a48e-78b129301a55"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=117&year=2017&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d53a82b9e43cd3417e0c9632daf745a8e324daa789b1971cbba2a83954c6cc22"
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 117 (20171S) — Relating to West Virginia Health Care Authority

## 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=HB117%20SUB.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=1X&i=117)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB117%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=1X&i=117)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb117%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=1X&i=117)

## Votes

- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **81–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **80–2** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **80–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Miley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2017-05-24** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-05-24** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** By substitute, do pass
- **2017-06-08** Immediate consideration
- **2017-06-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2017-06-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-09** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 641)
- **2017-06-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-06-09** Passed House (Roll No. 642) `passage`
- **2017-06-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 643)
- **2017-06-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2017-06-12** House Message received
- **2017-06-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-06-12** Immediate consideration
- **2017-06-12** Committee reference dispensed
- **2017-06-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** On 2nd reading
- **2017-06-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 40)
- **2017-06-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-06-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 41) `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 41)
- **2017-06-13** Communicated to House
- **2017-06-13** Completed legislative action
- **2017-06-13** House received Senate message
- **2017-06-26** To Governor 6/19/17 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** To Governor 6/19/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** To Governor 6/19/17 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Approved by Governor 6/19/17 - Senate Journal
- **2017-06-26** Approved by Governor 6/19/17 - House Journal
- **2017-06-19** Approved by Governor 6/19/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-20** Chapter 4, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a661a2b-ecc4-4a48-a48e-78b129301a55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).