---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to defining term fictive kin"
description: "Relating to defining term fictive kin"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5151"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5151 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9326347-19a4-4658-b08e-a68a66386e3c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5151&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e99e820f97344916450ab9da3d22b32f564319390699c4072466bb7bbb209b7b"
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 5151 (2024) — Relating to defining term fictive kin

## 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=hb5151%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5151)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5151%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5151)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5151%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5151)
4. **hb5151 hfat fast 2-27 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5151%20hfat%20fast%202-27%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5151 hfat fast 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5151%20hfat%20fast%203-5%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5151 s h_hr am _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5151%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burkhammer — primary (person)
- Hall, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Winzenreid — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House (Roll No. 322) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 338) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 520)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 490)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **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 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 49, 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/c9326347-19a4-4658-b08e-a68a66386e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).