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Bill Making it a felony for a “Person in a Position of Trust” to assault, batter, or verbally abuse a child, or neglect to report abuse they witness Making it a felony for a “Person in a Position of Trust” to assault, batter, or verbally abuse a child, or neglect to report abuse they witness us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2022 HB 4600 West Virginia HB 4600 (2022)
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West Virginia HB 4600 (2022) — Making it a felony for a “Person in a Position of Trust” to assault, batter, or verbally abuse a child, or neglect to report abuse they witness

Version chain

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

  1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB4600 S JUD AM _1 3-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4600 S JUD AM _1 3-10 adopted.htm)
  4. HB4600 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB4600 SFAT TRUMP _1 3-12 adopted.htm)
  5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mazzocchi — primary (person)
  • Bridges — cosponsor (person)
  • Capito — cosponsor (person)
  • Ellington — cosponsor (person)
  • Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
  • Holstein — cosponsor (person)
  • Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
  • Kimble — cosponsor (person)
  • Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
  • Maynor — cosponsor (person)
  • Toney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-09 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2022-02-09 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-09 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2022-02-09 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 By substitute, do pass
  • 2022-02-25 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-25 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2022-02-28 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-02-28 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2022-02-28 Amendment ruled not germane
  • 2022-03-01 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2022-03-01 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Passed House (Roll No. 299) passage
  • 2022-03-01 Communicated to Senate
  • 2022-03-02 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2022-03-02 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-03-02 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-03-10 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
  • 2022-03-10 Immediate consideration
  • 2022-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2022-03-11 On 2nd reading
  • 2022-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2022-03-12 On 3rd reading with right to amend
  • 2022-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2022-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2022-03-12 Passed Senate (Roll No. 519) passage
  • 2022-03-12 Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
  • 2022-03-12 Title amendment adopted
  • 2022-03-12 Senate requests House to concur
  • 2022-03-12 House received Senate message
  • 2022-03-12 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 692)
  • 2022-03-12 Communicated to Senate
  • 2022-03-12 Completed legislative action
  • 2022-03-12 House Message received
  • 2022-03-12 To Governor 3/18/2022 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-12 To Governor 3/18/22 - House Journal executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-18 To Governor 3/18/22 executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-12 Approved by Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal
  • 2022-03-12 Approved by Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal
  • 2022-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/22 executive-signature
  • 2022-04-19 Chapter 82, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04ed235d-9e9a-4826-bbae-24de1ab8da88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).