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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying that Circuit Court Judges have the ability/authority to waive the requirement that a party pass a home study performed by the DHHR"
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description: "Clarifying that Circuit Court Judges have the ability/authority to waive the requirement that a party pass a home study performed by the DHHR"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 2875"
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citation: "West Virginia HB 2875 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kirby"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-20"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3fb5fdc-dec7-40c8-aac0-8e9a8f26fd5f"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2875&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "ab1429cdc41889aeaf6dc91a535122f967102f96ea974e40e3424fb59272905e"
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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 HB 2875 (2023) — Clarifying that Circuit Court Judges have the ability/authority to waive the requirement that a party pass a home study performed by the DHHR
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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. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2875%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2875)
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2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2875%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2875)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2875%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2875)
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4. **hb2875 hfa burkhammer 2-27 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2875 hfa burkhammer 2-27 _1 adopted.htm)
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5. **hb2875 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2875 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
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6. **hb2875 s jud amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2875 s jud amt _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kirby — primary (person)
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- Fast — cosponsor (person)
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- Foster — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
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- Kump — cosponsor (person)
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- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
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- Steele — cosponsor (person)
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- Summers — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-01-20** To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
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- **2023-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-01-20** To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-17** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
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- **2023-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-24** Do pass
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- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-27** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 324) `passage`
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- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 457) `passage`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
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- **2023-03-10** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 630)
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- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 63, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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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/d3fb5fdc-dec7-40c8-aac0-8e9a8f26fd5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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