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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights"
description: "Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4749"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4749 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d354550-8c6b-49a1-906c-f665b5923975"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4749&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fed0926472a6dd123ee2c2abcdb3397a8766509ae91f79b1acc13a874981d900"
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 4749 (2026) — Relating to adding requirements to the foster child bill of rights
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4749%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4749)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4749%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4749)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4749%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4749)
4. **hb4749 hfa akers 2-9 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4749%20hfa%20akers%202-9%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4749 hfat akers 2-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4749%20hfat%20akers%202-10%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4749 s jud amt _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4749%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%202-25%20adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **920** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Worrell — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Hornby — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Do pass
- **2026-02-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-05** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 67) `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-12** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-21** Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary
- **2026-02-21** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-02** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 314) `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 351)
- **2026-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-06** House Message received
- **2026-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** To Governor 3/6/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-13** Approved by Governor 3/12/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-13** Approved by Governor 3/12/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-13** Approved by Governor 3/13/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d354550-8c6b-49a1-906c-f665b5923975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).