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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers"
+description: "Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 797"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 797 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health", "Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-02-17"
+last_action: "2020-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a985b1e-c19c-42f7-9f51-c2c9a069d76c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=797&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "15f55337b54fc94dc7bc746b85a824a33b00e82b9c96838a41341cbfb47d49ab"
+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 797 (2020) — Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers
+
+## 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=SB797%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=797)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB797%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=797)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB797%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=797)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB797%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=797)
+5. **SB797 HFIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB797 HFIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **SB797 HFIN AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB797 HFIN AMT adopted.htm)
+7. **SB797 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-26 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB797 SFA _1 TAKUBO 2-26 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PREVIOUS QUESTION — **45–54** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **76–23** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Takubo — primary (person)
+- Cline — cosponsor (person)
+- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute reported
+- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading
+- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2020-02-26** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 323) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
+- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Motion for previous question rejected (Roll No. 673)
+- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 674) `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 603)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-04-14** Chapter 269, 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/6a985b1e-c19c-42f7-9f51-c2c9a069d76c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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