---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent"
description: "Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4390"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4390 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkhammer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17461f58-636f-4c90-8041-75ee739d7502"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4390&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d7cf258440da88786e6dc46762b98f363f0ec27c87ba389000f376ef7b301fd6"
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 4390 (2026) — Relating to the temporary payment to a kinship parent of a subsidy equal to that of a foster parent

## 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=hb4390%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4390)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4390%20sub2.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4390)
3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4390%20sub2%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4390)
4. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4390%20sub2%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4390)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4390%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4390)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burkhammer — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-23** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 201) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** On 1st reading
- **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. 460) `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`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17461f58-636f-4c90-8041-75ee739d7502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).