---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization"
description: "Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4009"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4009 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/609e71cd-4b98-4bf8-a89e-a2dd9d57a955"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4009&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "da4a6c497680a23ffab76fc3d328501ebdc90b5df642512a3a28c19bc72ec77e"
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 4009 (2020) — Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization

## 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=HB4009%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)
4. **HB4009 HFA STAGGERS 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 HFA STAGGERS 2-21 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4009 HFAT SHOTT 2-24 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 HFAT SHOTT 2-24 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4009 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4009 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4009 S JUD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4009 S JUD AMT _1 2-28 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4009 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4009 SFA _1 TRUMP 3-4 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4009%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4009)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **82–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 296) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-04** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/4/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 488) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 727)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **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 273, 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/609e71cd-4b98-4bf8-a89e-a2dd9d57a955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).