---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman"
description: "Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3061"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3061 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/943c8556-2ab6-4fb1-a1f0-3093640542ce"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3061&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1c05a73e449992880f198bdfbc7adbfbc7bdc7b285c857170025e3d7e1921963"
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 3061 (2023) — Relating to updating the authority of the Foster Care Ombudsman

## 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=hb3061%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3061)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3061%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3061)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3061%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3061)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3061%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3061)
5. **hb3061 hfa steele and summers 1-31 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3061 hfa steele and summers 1-31 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3061 s h_hr am _1 2-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3061 s h_hr am _1 2-7 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Passed House (Roll No. 66) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 67)
- **2023-02-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-10** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/10/2023
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 184) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 184)
- **2023-02-14** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-02-15** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-15** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 147)
- **2023-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 148)
- **2023-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-16** House Message received
- **2023-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-21** To Governor 2/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 64, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/943c8556-2ab6-4fb1-a1f0-3093640542ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).