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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to abortion"
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description: "Relating to abortion"
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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: "SB 552"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 552 (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: ["Rucker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b87ecb-4658-483d-a8c7-a9d97ff9bcb7"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=552&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "99de8dbb0051efd21a4abd6b967184914008dcacd42917a67e39b15919677f00"
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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 552 (2023) — Relating to abortion
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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. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb552%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb552%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb552%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=552)
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4. **sb552 hfa summers 3-10 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb552 hfa summers 3-10 _2 adopted.htm)
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5. **sb552 hfat summers 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb552 hfat summers 3-10 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **31–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rucker — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Grady — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
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- Martin — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Queen — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Stover — cosponsor (person)
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- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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- Swope — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-25** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
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- **2023-02-25** 2nd reference dispensed
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- **2023-02-27** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-28** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
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- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-01** Passed Senate (Roll No. 333) `passage`
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- **2023-03-01** Ordered to House
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- **2023-03-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-03-02** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-09** Immediate consideration
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- **2023-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 715)
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- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 716) `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 717)
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- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
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- **2023-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 603)
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
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- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 253, 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/a3b87ecb-4658-483d-a8c7-a9d97ff9bcb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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