---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs"
description: "Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4198"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4198 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pyles"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876f3df2-ceb3-4534-9600-5c1d2a9b6033"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4198&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6920d7f117bc5af3038525923fc9c281b25b01c4a25c5b5b37a45c7cdd3d5847"
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 4198 (2020) — Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4198%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4198)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4198%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4198)
3. **HB4198 HFAT SUMMMERS 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4198 HFAT SUMMMERS 3-6 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4198 S H_HR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4198 S H_HR AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4198 S H_HR AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4198 S H_HR AMT _1 2-25 adopted.htm)
6. **HB4198 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4198 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-2 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4198%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4198)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **88–8** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pyles — primary (person)
- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Lavender-Bowe — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-30** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-13** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2020-02-13** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 189) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/2/20
- **2020-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/3/20
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2020-03-05** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 454) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-06** House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 689)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House title amendment (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 620) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 195, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876f3df2-ceb3-4534-9600-5c1d2a9b6033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).