republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2020/hb-4551.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to subsidized adoption"
description: "Relating to subsidized adoption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 4551"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4551 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e52490-3008-4133-87ae-459d3e43e1f9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4551&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c63a94955d0ba712298211a6b7b1a1699ee4180195c34fa47eb119c9a8036dd3"
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 4551 (2020) — Relating to subsidized adoption

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)
3. **HB4551 HFA_1 FOSTER 2-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4551  HFA_1 FOSTER 2-12 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4551 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB4551 H HHR AM _1 as ameded adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 H HHR AM _1 as ameded adopted.htm)
6. **HB4551 S FAM AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 S FAM AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB4551 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB4551 S FAM AMT _1 2-26 adopted.htm)
8. **HB4551 SFA _1 ROBERTS 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB4551 SFA _1 ROBERTS 2-29 adopted.htm)
9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4551%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=4551)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Pack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-27** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/12
- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (voice)
- **2020-02-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 175) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-14** To Children and Families
- **2020-02-14** To Children and Families
- **2020-02-28** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Immediate consideration
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-29** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/29/20
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2020-03-02** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/2/20
- **2020-03-03** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 434) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 550)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** 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 44, 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/89e52490-3008-4133-87ae-459d3e43e1f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).