---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mental health examination requirements."
description: "Relating to mental health examination requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4169"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4169 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Masters"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89431fc0-80e1-43e8-8c45-2d7625af5f0e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4169&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a74df6ddb91933de42f290d8ed310501f5204e8c259dfa6f244fd8cfb2d51203"
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 4169 (2026) — Relating to mental health examination requirements.

## 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=hb4169%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4169)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4169%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4169)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4169%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4169)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Masters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Passed House (Roll No. 23) `passage`
- **2026-01-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 455) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 180, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89431fc0-80e1-43e8-8c45-2d7625af5f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).