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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 479: Requiring hair follicle drug testing of substantiated child abusers before restoring unsupervised visitation rights

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 479 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on January 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring hair follicle drug testing of substantiated child abusers before restoring unsupervised visitation rights. Primary sponsor: Chris Rose (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 19, 2026): To Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RosePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Mark MaynardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. To Judiciary
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Judiciary then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source