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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021"
+description: "Relating to the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2982"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2982 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kessinger"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-08"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d83d3ce3-ed2e-4d66-b6b2-f35d26f275a8"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2982&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "05e010493601aac12e996500a4bbb097fbdb8d15af98f280a9a86707c394f436"
+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 HB 2982 (2021) — Relating to the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 258)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00258.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
+4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
+5. **HB2982 HFA ZUKOFF _1 3-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2982 HFA ZUKOFF _1 3-23 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB2982 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2982 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB2982 SFAT _1 TRUMP 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2982 SFAT _1 TRUMP 4-10 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2982%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2982)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kessinger — primary (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Bridges — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-08** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** By substitute, do pass
+- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-23** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-23** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 258)
+- **2021-03-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-24** Passed House (Roll No. 266) `passage`
+- **2021-03-24** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-25** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
+- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2021-04-10** Health Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2021-04-10** Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 484) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 648)
+- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-10** House Message received
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d83d3ce3-ed2e-4d66-b6b2-f35d26f275a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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