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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children"
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description: "Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 4402"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 4402 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Espinosa"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-02"
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last_action: "2018-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ba01e3-a309-4add-8d72-deb2a3eb2566"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4402&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "e693f5a396c892d525830028ba1b3c6be82863ae817082e45ecef7f907c37527"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia HB 4402 (2018) — Relating to the prevention of sexual abuse of children
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4402%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4402)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4402%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4402)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Espinosa — primary (person)
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- Blair — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
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- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
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- Householder — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
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- Moye — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodighiero — cosponsor (person)
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- Statler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2018-02-02** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2018-02-02** To House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2018-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-13** Do pass
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- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 143) `passage`
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- **2018-02-16** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-02-19** House Message received
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- **2018-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2018-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2018-03-01** On 1st reading
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- **2018-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-02** On 2nd reading
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- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2018-03-03** On 3rd reading
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- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 317) `passage`
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- **2018-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
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- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 303)
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- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
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- **2018-03-05** Completed legislative action
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- **2018-03-06** House Message received
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- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/9/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-09** To Governor 3/9/18 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
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- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
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- **2018-04-16** Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ba01e3-a309-4add-8d72-deb2a3eb2566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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