---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Medicaid dental coverage"
description: "Relating to Medicaid dental coverage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4933"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4933 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Summers"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627f2bdb-8b6f-4872-bcfc-23393e267d13"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4933&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2946278c062bac8456f0ceef27d36bfbfbc1f7b1f6b017bfac1e93afadd7056d"
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 4933 (2024) — Relating to Medicaid dental coverage

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4933%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4933)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4933%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4933)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4933%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4933)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4933%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4933)
5. **hb4933 hfa summers 2-5 _2 adopted adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4933%20hfa%20summers%202-5%20_2%20adopted%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4933 hfa summers 2-5 _2 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4933%20hfa%20summers%202-5%20_2%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4933 hfa summers 2-5 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4933%20hfa%20summers%202-5%20_2%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb4933 s h_hr am _ 2-20 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4933%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_%202-20%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb4933 sfat maroney _ 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4933%20sfat%20maroney%20_%202-27%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2024 — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT JulY 01, 2024 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Summers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-19** To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** To House Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 110) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 111)
- **2024-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2024-02-23** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-26** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-02-28** Takubo title amendment adopted
- **2024-02-28** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 310)
- **2024-02-28** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-01** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 416)
- **2024-03-01** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 417)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-01** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 167, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/627f2bdb-8b6f-4872-bcfc-23393e267d13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).