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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act"
+description: "Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 272"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 272 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-13"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=272&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "c8865678c9d1b3d14c34a16f7368db6bdd2301f8b9e7928c7791cd9eb163ccba"
+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 272 (2021) — Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act
+
+## 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=SB272%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
+4. **SB272 HFA CAPITO _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA CAPITO _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **SB272 HFA CAPITO _3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA CAPITO _3 adopted.htm)
+6. **SB272 HFA Capito _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA Capito _2 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blair — primary (person)
+- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute reported
+- **2021-02-17** On 1st reading
+- **2021-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-18** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-19** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 16) `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Ordered to House
+- **2021-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-02-25** Immediate consideration
+- **2021-02-25** Reference dispensed
+- **2021-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-26** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/1/21
+- **2021-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-01** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2021-03-09** Placed on Special Calender
+- **2021-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 111) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-10** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 112) `passage`
+- **2021-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-11** House Message received
+- **2021-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 113)
+- **2021-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2021-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-03-12** House received Senate message
+- **2021-03-15** To Governor 3/15/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 167, 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/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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