republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/hb-2363.md

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Bill	Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021”	Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021”	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	HB 2363	West Virginia HB 2363 (2021)	bill	Juveniles	enacted	Foster	14	63	1	2021-02-13	2021-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/dffe6f94-958b-49aa-b740-6e2dcf3e4618	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2363&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	2eb25bbfe449e49c84025f3de98292c3ad28b838d578e7e6cd2640c0f12678ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2363 (2021) — Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021”

Version chain

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

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2363 CAPITO AMT _1 4-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2363 CAPITO AMT _1 4-10 adopted.htm)
5. HB2363 FOSTER AMT 3-5 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2363 FOSTER AMT 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
6. HB2363 HFA FOSTER 3-5 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2363 HFA FOSTER 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
7. HB2363 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2363 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
8. HB2363 S JUD AMT _1 4-7 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2363 S JUD AMT _1 4-7 adopted.htm)
9. HB2363 SUB1 HFA FOSTER 4-10 _1 AMENDED adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2363 SUB1 HFA FOSTER 4-10 _1 AMENDED adopted adopted.htm)
10. HB2363 SUB1 HFA FOSTER 4-10 _1 AMENDED adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2363 SUB1 HFA FOSTER 4-10 _1 AMENDED adopted.htm)
11. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
12. Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 665) (committee substitute) — source
13. Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 667) (committee substitute) — source
14. Second Engrossment Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Foster — primary (person)
• Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries, J. — cosponsor (person)
• McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Pinson — cosponsor (person)
• Rowan — cosponsor (person)
• Steele — cosponsor (person)
• Storch — cosponsor (person)
• Summers — cosponsor (person)
• Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-13 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-13 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 By substitute, do pass
• 2021-02-25 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-25 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-02-26 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-26 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/1/21
• 2021-03-01 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-01 Placed on House Calendar
• 2021-03-03 On 2nd reading, House Calendar
• 2021-03-03 Placed on Special Calender
• 2021-03-03 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-03 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-04 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-04 Placed on House Calendar
• 2021-03-08 On 3rd reading, House Calendar
• 2021-03-08 Placed on Special Calender
• 2021-03-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-08 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2021-03-08 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-08 Passed House (Roll No. 97) passage
• 2021-03-08 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-03-09 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-09 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 Immediate consideration
• 2021-04-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-09 On 2nd reading
• 2021-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-09 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-10 On 3rd reading
• 2021-04-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-10 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 455) passage
• 2021-04-10 Senate requests House to concur
• 2021-04-10 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-10 House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 617)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-10 Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-10 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-10 Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 665)
• 2021-04-10 House refused to recede (Roll No. 666)
• 2021-04-10 Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 667)
• 2021-04-10 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-10 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 495)
• 2021-04-11 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-11 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-22 To Governor 4/22/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
• 2021-04-28 Approved by Governor 4/28/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-05-20 Chapter 93, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dffe6f94-958b-49aa-b740-6e2dcf3e4618. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).