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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person"
description: "Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4161"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4161 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b64b163f-ed1d-49bf-b5ab-cb3d88db4a35"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4161&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b8eb0b8151eb5ab1812edeb935e187bb566c5638230a5875ffd2d5b0ddd7fb80"
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 4161 (2020) — Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4161%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4161)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4161%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4161)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **7821** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **6931** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **270** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Worrell — primary (person)
- Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-14** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Do pass
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 95) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-03** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
- **2020-03-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20
- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Deferred until foot of 3rd
- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 573) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 744)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b64b163f-ed1d-49bf-b5ab-cb3d88db4a35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).