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Bill
Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations
Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2026
SB 228
West Virginia SB 228 (2026)
enacted
4
44
2
2026-01-14
2026-06-25
openstates
ocd-bill/96d70120-0d62-4721-8edf-23a68ad3e355
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=228&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill c34eaa86e12af877fbde98499d4939e1d2b77d807cc2bae5ad9e2bbb71ebeff0
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia SB 228 (2026) — Relating to use of technology in child abuse and neglect investigations
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source sb228 hfin am adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source sb228 hfin amt adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 96– (pass) · lower
Passage — 33– (pass) · upper
Deeds — primary (person)
Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
Phillips — cosponsor (person)
Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing2026-01-14 To Health and Human Resources then Finance referral-committee2026-01-14 Introduced in Senate introduction2026-01-14 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-01-21 Reported do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage2026-01-21 To Finance referral-committee2026-02-16 Reported do pass committee-passage2026-02-17 On 1st reading2026-02-17 Read 1st time reading-12026-02-18 On 2nd reading2026-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-22026-02-19 On 3rd reading2026-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-32026-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 145) passage2026-02-19 Ordered to House2026-02-20 House received Senate message2026-02-20 Introduced in House introduction2026-02-20 To Health and Human Resources then Finance referral-committee2026-02-20 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee2026-02-24 Markup Discussion2026-03-05 With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance committee-passage2026-03-05 To House Finance referral-committee2026-03-11 With amendment, do pass committee-passage2026-03-11 Immediate consideration2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-12026-03-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-22026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk2026-03-12 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-32026-03-13 Passed House (Roll No. 519) passage2026-03-13 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)2026-03-13 Communicated to Senate2026-03-14 House Message received2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 654)2026-03-14 Communicated to House2026-03-14 Completed legislative action2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature2026-06-25 Chapter 61, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/96d70120-0d62-4721-8edf-23a68ad3e355. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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