---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to adult protective services"
description: "Relating generally to adult protective services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 717"
citation: "West Virginia SB 717 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1251be6a-9502-4ed3-a4a3-27357738b64a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=717&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "40ed10beefb29aee1d6f8e945be19236472f31ad9bc61bbacfd3c9f48413d042"
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 717 (2020) — Relating generally to adult protective services

## 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=SB717%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=717)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB717%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=717)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB717%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=717)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 169) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Do pass
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 666) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 184, 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/1251be6a-9502-4ed3-a4a3-27357738b64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).