West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 4161 — Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person

Last action — Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

55 added · 46 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill HB 4161 include the addition of definitions for "scleral tattooing" and regulations surrounding the use of dyes or pigments in tattooing. Notably, the bill now explicitly prohibits scleral tattooing, a practice that involves marking the human eye, which raises health concerns. This change is significant because it enhances safety regulations in the tattoo industry and helps protect public health by preventing potentially harmful practices. Additionally, some terminology related to tattooing was refined to clarify existing guidelines.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Introduced House Bill 4161 By Delegates Worrell, Summers and Atkinson [Introduced January 14, 2020;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session ENROLLED House Bill 4161 By Delegates Worrell, Summers and Atkinson [Passed March 7, 2020;
Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources.]   A BILL to amend and reenact §16-38-1 and §16-38-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to tattoos;
in effect ninety days from passage.]   AN ACT to amend and reenact §16-38-1 and §16-38-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to tattoos;
(a) “Adequate ventilation” means a free and unrestricted circulation of fresh air throughout the tattoo studio and the expulsion of foul or stagnant air.
For purposes of this article:
(b) “Minor” means any person under the age of eighteen years.
(c) “Tattoo” means to mark or color the skin by pricking in coloring matter so as to form indelible marks or figures or by the production of scars.
(d) “Tattoo studio” means any room or space where tattooing is practiced or where the business of tattooing or any part thereof is conducted.
(e) “Antibacterial solution” means any solution used to retard the growth of bacteria approved for application to human skin and includes all products so labeled.
(f) “Germicidal solution” means any solution which destroys germs and is so labeled.
(g) “Sterilization” means holding in an autoclave for twenty-five minutes at fifteen pounds pressure at a temperature of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit or one hundred twenty-one degrees Celsius For purposes of this article:
“Scleral tattooing” means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or under the fornix conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva, ocular conjunctive, or other ocular surface using needles, scalpels or other related equipment.
“Scleral tattooing” means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or under the fornix conjunctiva, bulbar conjunctiva, ocular conjunctiva, or other ocular surface using needles, scalpels or other related equipment.
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The Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills hereby certifies that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
The purpose of this bill is to make it illegal to scleral tattoo a person.
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The bill defines the term “scleral tattoo.” The bill reorders definitions so they will be in alphabetical order.
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Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
                             Chairman, Senate Committee                                                       Originating in the House.
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  In effect ninety days from passage.
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                                                                                     President of the Senate     __________             The within ...................................................
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Action History

  1. Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/20

  3. To Governor 3/19/20

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal

  8. House Message received

  9. Completed legislative action

  10. Communicated to Senate

  11. House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 744)

  12. House received Senate message

  13. Senate requests House to concur

  14. Passed Senate (Roll No. 573)

  15. Deferred until foot of 3rd

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. Laid over on 3rd reading 3/6/20

  18. Returned to calendar by Rules Committee

  19. Removed from calendar by Rules Committee

  20. On 3rd reading

  21. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  22. Read 2nd time

  23. On 2nd reading

  24. Read 1st time

  25. On 1st reading

  26. Reported do pass, with amendment

  27. To Health and Human Resources

  28. To Health and Human Resources

  29. Introduced in Senate

  30. Communicated to Senate

  31. Passed House (Roll No. 95)

  32. Read 3rd time

  33. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  34. Read 2nd time

  35. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  36. Read 1st time

  37. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  38. Do pass

  39. To House Health and Human Resources

  40. Introduced in House

  41. To Health and Human Resources

  42. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Evan Worrell · Primary
  • Summers · Cosponsor
  • Atkinson · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Summers
  • Atkinson

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB

Passed 69 Yea · 31 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 20500
Unaffiliated 472300
Democrat 2300
Total 693100
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Foster — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Graves — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Shott — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Steele — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Storch — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Summers — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pack — Yea
Capito — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Householder — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Fast — Yea
Linville — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Little — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Barnhart — Nay
Skaff — Nay
Diserio — Nay
Jeffries, J. — Nay
Sponaugle — Nay
Bibby — Nay
Doyle — Nay
Kump — Nay
Staggers — Nay
Brown, N. — Nay
Estep-Burton — Nay
Lavender-Bowe — Nay
Swartzmiller — Nay
Brown, S. — Nay
Evans — Nay
Longstreth — Nay
Tomblin — Nay
Walker — Nay
Cadle — Nay
Hartman — Nay
Paynter — Nay
Wilson — Nay
Canestraro — Nay
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Nay
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Nay
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Nay
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Nay
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Nay
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Nay
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Nay
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Nay
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 27 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0002
Unaffiliated 27005
Total 27007
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SWOPE — Not Voting
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Not Voting
WELD — Not Voting
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Not Voting
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Not Voting
Charles H. Clements Republican Not Voting
Mike Azinger Republican Not Voting

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PASSAGE

Passed 78 Yea · 21 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 571300
Republican 19501
Democrat 2300
Total 782101
% of votes cast 78%21%0%1%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Angelucci — Yea
Evans — Yea
Linville — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Fast — Yea
Little — Yea
Shott — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Foster — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bates — Yea
Graves — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Summers — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Capito — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pack — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Householder — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Barnhart — Nay
Kump — Nay
Staggers — Nay
Walker — Nay
Brown, N. — Nay
Hicks — Nay
Paynter — Nay
Wilson — Nay
Brown, S. — Nay
Phillips — Nay
Cadle — Nay
Jeffries, J. — Nay
Sponaugle — Nay
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Nay
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Nay
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Nay
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Nay
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Nay
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Nay
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Nay
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Nay
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Not Voting

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HB 4161 is sponsored by Evan Worrell (Republican), Summers, and Atkinson.
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