---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services"
description: "Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4470"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4470 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Human Services", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly, D."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853d0e54-0801-43ed-b3f3-f69ee20e5285"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4470&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c68c1b013b62b080a412f8315d47ea07f470d46f30408d7e3a333ae994e6e350"
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 4470 (2020) — Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services

## 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=HB4470%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4470)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4470%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4470)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4470%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4470)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelly, D. — primary (person)
- Brown, N. — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Shott — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-01-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 72) `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 165) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 165)
- **2020-02-17** Senate requests House to concur in changed effective date
- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-18** House concurred in Senate effective date (Voice)
- **2020-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 217)
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-17** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-19** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 43, 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/853d0e54-0801-43ed-b3f3-f69ee20e5285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).