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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions"
+description: "Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 472"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 472 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9953f4b3-ed5c-4d7d-8b9c-f03eb554f4d1"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=472&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "f672a796d6e7c5ca5477fc3644f7f0c2e8a7c6a50648eea2e04080626c60c80a"
+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 472 (2021) — Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions
+
+## 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=SB472%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB472%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB472%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
+4. **SB472 HFA BATES _ STEELE 3-31 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB472 HFA BATES _ STEELE 3-31 _1 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maynard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Committee substitute reported
+- **2021-03-11** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-15** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 123) `passage`
+- **2021-03-15** Ordered to House
+- **2021-03-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** Do pass
+- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-01** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 412) `passage`
+- **2021-04-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-05** House Message received
+- **2021-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 301)
+- **2021-04-05** Communicated to House
+- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Chapter 197, 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/9953f4b3-ed5c-4d7d-8b9c-f03eb554f4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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