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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021”"
description: "Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021”"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2363"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2363 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 63
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-13"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dffe6f94-958b-49aa-b740-6e2dcf3e4618"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2363&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2eb25bbfe449e49c84025f3de98292c3ad28b838d578e7e6cd2640c0f12678ab"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2363%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2363)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2363%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2363)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2363%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2363)
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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2363%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2363)
12. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 665)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00665.pdf)
13. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 667)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00667.pdf)
14. **Second Engrossment Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2363%20SUB%20ENG2.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2363)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dffe6f94-958b-49aa-b740-6e2dcf3e4618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).