---
type: "Bill"
title: "To limit the civil liability of child placing agencies that obtain an insurance policy in an amount not less than $1 million per incident"
description: "To limit the civil liability of child placing agencies that obtain an insurance policy in an amount not less than $1 million per incident"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3439"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3439 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pinson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19412543-679c-48c5-a525-dba093d318a1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3439&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1979099b16515f066317e2de6eb8f8613fb00924423001a93a5e723d87d84084"
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 3439 (2023) — To limit the civil liability of child placing agencies that obtain an insurance policy in an amount not less than $1 million per incident

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3439%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3439)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3439%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3439)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3439%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3439)
4. **hb3439 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3439 hfa capito 2-27 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **hb3439 sfa trump _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3439 sfa trump _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
6. **hb3439 sfa woelfel _1 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3439 sfa woelfel _1 3-10 adopted.htm)
7. **hb3439 sfat trump _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3439 sfat trump _1 3-8 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pinson — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Westfall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** Do pass
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 353) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2023-03-09** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-10** Rearranged on Calendar by Rules Committee
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Deferred until foot of bills
- **2023-03-10** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 563) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted
- **2023-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 757)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **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** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 65, 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/19412543-679c-48c5-a525-dba093d318a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).