---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to establishing a foster parent information system"
description: "Relating to establishing a foster parent information system"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4975"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4975 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8c9f488-5dcb-43b9-952d-8b5fcb14b0e2"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4975&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f7fccba3d6398c5fda760a5451ebc1b3606c1588d8e0f42e425ba3ba01270abd"
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 4975 (2024) — Relating to establishing a foster parent information system

## 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=hb4975%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4975)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4975%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4975)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4975%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4975)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4975%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4975)
5. **hb4975 hfa burkhammer 2-26 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4975%20hfa%20burkhammer%202-26%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4975 hfa burkhammer 2-26 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4975%20hfa%20burkhammer%202-26%20_2%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4975 s h_hr am _ 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4975%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_%203-2%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb4975 s h_hr amt _ 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4975%20s%20h_hr%20amt%20_%203-3%20adopted.htm)
9. **hb4975 sfa maroney _ 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4975%20sfa%20maroney%20_%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burkhammer — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-22** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 362) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 363)
- **2024-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-29** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-08** Amendments to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 441) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 477)
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 727)
- **2024-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 728)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House 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 48, 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/b8c9f488-5dcb-43b9-952d-8b5fcb14b0e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).