republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4599.md

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Bill	Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process	Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4599	West Virginia HB 4599 (2026)	bill	Health	enacted	Burkhammer	4	35	2	2026-01-20	2026-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/9715412c-d129-4174-9dda-e9d461b976d4	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4599&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	bd2970333034c558d0ea3b0157d9a2e700bf4ca7b5264dabaf4047299c80fc7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4599 (2026) — Relating to the WV Cares background check variance process

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. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Burkhammer — primary (person)
• Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
• Worrell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-20 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-20 To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-20 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-16 By substitute, do pass, but first to Judiciary
• 2026-02-16 2nd reference dispensed
• 2026-02-17 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-19 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-19 Passed House (Roll No. 127) passage
• 2026-02-19 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-20 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-20 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 On 1st reading
• 2026-03-05 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-06 On 2nd reading
• 2026-03-06 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 On 3rd reading
• 2026-03-09 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (Roll No. 376) passage
• 2026-03-09 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-09 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-09 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-10 To Governor 3/10/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 To Governor 3/10/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-29 Chapter 139, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9715412c-d129-4174-9dda-e9d461b976d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).