republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2020/sb-51.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Specifying forms of grandparent visitation	Specifying forms of grandparent visitation	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2020	SB 51	West Virginia SB 51 (2020)	bill	Domestic Relations	enacted	Cline	2	36	2	2020-01-08	2020-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=51&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	a942b166cdd569a672f936387cee3e0b8e976f7afed4bbed814ca107f45a730f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 51 (2020) — Specifying forms of grandparent visitation

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cline — primary (person)
• Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
• Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
• Romano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Filed for introduction filing
• 2020-01-08 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2020-01-08 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 On 1st reading
• 2020-01-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 On 2nd reading
• 2020-01-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 On 3rd reading
• 2020-01-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-01-28 Passed Senate (Roll No. 36) passage
• 2020-01-28 Ordered to House
• 2020-01-29 Introduced in House introduction
• 2020-01-29 To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
• 2020-01-29 To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2020-02-26 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Do pass
• 2020-03-04 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-03-04 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-03-05 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-03-06 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-03-06 Passed House (Roll No. 631) passage
• 2020-03-06 Communicated to Senate
• 2020-03-06 Completed legislative action
• 2020-03-07 House Message received
• 2020-03-17 To Governor 3/17/20 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-24 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 executive-signature
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
• 2020-04-14 Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).