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type: "Bill"
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title: "Specifying forms of grandparent visitation"
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description: "Specifying forms of grandparent visitation"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 51"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 51 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Domestic Relations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cline"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=51&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "a942b166cdd569a672f936387cee3e0b8e976f7afed4bbed814ca107f45a730f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 51 (2020) — Specifying forms of grandparent visitation
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB51%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=51)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB51%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=51)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cline — primary (person)
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- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
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- Pitsenbarger — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** On 1st reading
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- **2020-01-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-01-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 36) `passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Ordered to House
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- **2020-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-01-29** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
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- **2020-01-29** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-26** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2020-02-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Do pass
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- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 631) `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-07** House Message received
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- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-04-14** Chapter 101, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/750450fd-35cb-48e0-9b5f-c0dea28da6aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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