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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redefining definition of \"recovery residence\""
description: "Redefining definition of \"recovery residence\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4620"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4620 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rohrbach"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f77a4d-2b54-481b-a190-da2b5a7c10cc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4620&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e338a22b29d7c9bfc3277d4ad9cc973011e14eff31e990d9242ed3401a4b317b"
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 4620 (2020) — Redefining definition of "recovery residence"
## 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=HB4620%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4620)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4620%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4620)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4620%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4620)
4. **HB4620 HFA HILL AND ROHRBACH 2-17 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4620 HFA HILL AND ROHRBACH 2-17 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4620 HFAT HILL 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4620 HFAT HILL 2-17 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4620%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4620)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rohrbach — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-30** To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Health and Human Resources
- **2020-01-30** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-30** To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources
- **2020-01-31** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** By substitute, do pass
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/17
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-17** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/18
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House (Roll No. 238) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-19** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass `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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 407) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-03** House received Senate message
- **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 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 285, 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/c6f77a4d-2b54-481b-a190-da2b5a7c10cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).