Senate Judiciary chairman does late night bill edit to push privatizing of WV foster care

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 737

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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With three days left in the legislative session, the Senate Judiciary chairman isn’t giving up on his idea to offload most of West Virginia’s troubled foster care system to a private company.

Sen. Tom Willis, R-Berkeley, put his bill mandating the privatization of foster care into a House bill his committee was considering late Wednesday night. It’s a move known as “fat possums running at midnight,” when lawmakers begin amending language into bills late in …

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