---
type: "Bill"
title: "To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone"
description: "To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4196"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4196 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drennan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a5ac88-3607-4e55-a03d-aba515433324"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4196&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ec393d9411d00841dae59ce75627a88020a2ef5581c5abfa1aaeb31574dadb3f"
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 4196 (2026) — To offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients receiving methadone and suboxone at the treatment facility for the methadone and suboxone

## 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=hb4196%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4196)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4196%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4196)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4196%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4196)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4196%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4196)
5. **hb4196 s hhr am _ 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4196%20s%20hhr%20am%20_%202-5%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4196 sfat helton _ 2-18 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4196%20sfat%20helton%20_%202-18%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Drennan — primary (person)
- Amos — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Worrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-22** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 1/23/2026
- **2026-01-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-01-23** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-01-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-01-23** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-01-23** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-01-23** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2026-01-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** Passed House (Roll No. 18) `passage`
- **2026-01-27** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-01-28** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 152) `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Title amendment adopted
- **2026-02-19** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-02-20** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-20** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 132)
- **2026-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-20** Completed legislative action
- **2026-02-21** House Message received
- **2026-02-23** To Governor 2/23/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** To Governor 2/23/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Governor 2/27/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 181, 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/21a5ac88-3607-4e55-a03d-aba515433324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).