---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to removing the requirement that an ectopic pregnancy be reported"
description: "Relating to removing the requirement that an ectopic pregnancy be reported"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3199"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5f45f4-7fc5-4b8b-8a34-d0920a3e9b7b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3199&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "54b4ad4859519d6a82e0cb0b408dc9230dd86f17ef1b5b82cfb7db883ec02963"
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 3199 (2023) — Relating to removing the requirement that an ectopic pregnancy be reported

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3199%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3199)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3199%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3199)

## Votes

- Passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Do pass
- **2023-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/13/23
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 126) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 137) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 138)
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Rules on 3rd reading `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 624) `passage`
- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 624)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-29** Became law 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2023-03-11** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 269, 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/1e5f45f4-7fc5-4b8b-8a34-d0920a3e9b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).