---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to juvenile competency"
description: "Relating to juvenile competency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5520"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5520 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillenbrand"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43fae663-7a23-4337-8df9-353ae821d591"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5520&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f8914ac1a1dca9e40b1434d226c7c9c52ea5e53f69b1d9a7dd6dbe88e436a54f"
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 5520 (2024) — Relating to juvenile competency

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5520%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5520)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5520%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5520)
3. **hb5520 s jud am _1 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5520%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%202-29%20adopted.htm)
4. **hb5520 sfa trump _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5520%20sfa%20trump%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5520 sfat trump _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5520%20sfat%20trump%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hillenbrand — primary (person)
- Akers — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Do pass
- **2024-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 276) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2024-03-05** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 375) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-05** Title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633)
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** 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 3/27/2024 - 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 50, 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/43fae663-7a23-4337-8df9-353ae821d591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).