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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns administer vaccines"
+description: "Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns administer vaccines"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 544"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 544 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ihlenfeld"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-20"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c5d1c8c-621e-43ac-bb5b-c89e9bde42b1"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=544&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "90132187482903dffdb617aaaca269fb2ea67eb82b574fe4e8a8390a344dcd66"
+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 SB 544 (2020) — Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns administer vaccines
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB544%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=544)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB544%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=544)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB544%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=544)
+4. **SB544 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB544 H HHR AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB544 HFAT HILL 2-16 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB544 HFAT HILL 2-16 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **91–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ihlenfeld — primary (person)
+- Romano — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-01-20** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute reported
+- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 68) `passage`
+- **2020-02-05** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-14** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 198) `passage`
+- **2020-02-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-18** House Message received
+- **2020-02-18** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 167)
+- **2020-02-18** Communicated to House
+- **2020-02-18** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-02-19** House received Senate message
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 241, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c5d1c8c-621e-43ac-bb5b-c89e9bde42b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+