---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state"
description: "Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4773"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4773 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zukoff"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da62c885-5122-4e65-99ca-9dec03b87542"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4773&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ac1eabee2d8718a2cdadb78cb099dd717c80c5ebaea57af54f61a057e2c3a3b3"
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 4773 (2020) — Creating a workgroup to investigate and recommend screening protocols for adverse childhood trauma in this state

## 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=HB4773%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4773)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4773%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4773)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4773%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4773)
4. **HB4773 HFA PUSHKIN 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4773 HFA PUSHKIN 2-18 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4773 HFA SUMMERS 2-18 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4773 HFA SUMMERS 2-18 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4773 HFA ZUKOFF AND LAVENDER-BOWE 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4773 HFA ZUKOFF AND LAVENDER-BOWE 2-18 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4773 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4773 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4773%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4773)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zukoff — primary (person)
- Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Estep-Burton — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Pyles — cosponsor (person)
- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
- Rowan — cosponsor (person)
- Staggers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 241) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Children and Families
- **2020-02-20** To Children and Families
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/29/20
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 410) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-04** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 486)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 287, 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/da62c885-5122-4e65-99ca-9dec03b87542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).