---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing exception for sharing of confidential child welfare records"
description: "Providing exception for sharing of confidential child welfare records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 768"
citation: "West Virginia SB 768 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Records and Papers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18c4bc5-3e41-4624-9ac2-3df22e960b40"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=768&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e62d97df3349cf38157b9f5d059c2950e24ab5d30ea95bfd6ebfd00e57e78d49"
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 SB 768 (2024) — Providing exception for sharing of confidential child welfare records

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb768%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=768)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb768%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=768)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 212) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-23** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Do pass
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 683) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 47, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18c4bc5-3e41-4624-9ac2-3df22e960b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).