# West Virginia HB 2776: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC West Virginia HB 2776, Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-04-12 (House received Senate message) (as of 2026-10-20). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2776-2025rs - As of: 2026-10-20 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: West Virginia HB 2776 - State: West Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Requiring Department of Health to report positive Alpha Gal tests to CDC - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-21 - Last action: 2025-04-12, House received Senate message - Sponsor: Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: §16-1-4 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (158 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kathie Hess Crouse (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Amos (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eric Brooks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sarah Drennan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Hornby (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patrick Lucas (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Erica Moore (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mickey Petitto (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Phillips (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jonathan Pinson (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Effective from passage (Roll No. 456) | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Passed Senate (Roll No. 455) | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-03-21 | House | Passed House (Roll No. 136) | pass | 94 | 0 | | ## Actions (42) - 2025-04-12: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-12: House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice) (House) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-04-12: House Message received (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Senate refused to recede (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Communicated to House (Senate) - 2025-04-11: House received Senate message (House) - 2025-04-10: Deferred until foot of 3rd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote) (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Passed Senate (Roll No. 455) (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Title amendment adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Effective from passage (Roll No. 456) (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senate requests House to concur (Senate) - 2025-04-09: On 3rd reading with right to amend (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Laid over on 3rd reading 4/9/2025 with right to amend (Senate) - 2025-04-08: On 2nd reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Read 2nd time (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Reported do pass, with amendment (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Immediate consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read 1st time (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Introduced in Senate (Senate) - 2025-03-24: To Health and Human Resources (Senate) - 2025-03-24: To Health and Human Resources (Senate) - 2025-03-21: On 3rd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-21: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-03-21: Passed House (Roll No. 136) (House) - 2025-03-21: Communicated to Senate (House) - 2025-03-20: On 2nd reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-20: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-03-19: On 1st reading, Special Calendar (House) - 2025-03-19: Read 1st time (House) - 2025-03-18: Do pass (House) - 2025-03-13: To House Health and Human Resources (House) - 2025-03-13: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-03-05: Markup Discussion (House) - 2025-02-28: To House Public Health (House) - 2025-02-21: Filed for introduction (House) - 2025-02-21: To Health and Human Resources (House) - 2025-02-21: Introduced in House (House) - 2025-02-21: To House Health and Human Resources (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 eng.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 eng.pdf) - Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 intr.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed) - SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed) - SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed) - SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed) - SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed) - SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 eng.htm) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 eng.pdf) - [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 intr.htm) - [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb2776 intr.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs) - [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs) - [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs) - [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs) - [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs) - [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs) - [West Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia/bills) - [West Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/west-virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2776-2025rs (as of 2026-10-20).