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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations"
+description: "Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 548"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 548 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-01"
+last_action: "2022-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e32ac3d9-4d27-4170-9762-0b253e593376"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=548&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "899ecccb82ea2dac7e05f3bb2cbb457122b1594c82e07c556309b722f18056e0"
+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 548 (2022) — Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=548)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=548)
+3. **SB548 H GO AM _3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB548 H GO AM _3-7 adopted.htm)
+4. **SB548 H GO AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB548 H GO AMT adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-02-01** To Workforce
+- **2022-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-02-01** To Workforce
+- **2022-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-18** On 1st reading
+- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** On 3rd reading
+- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 187) `passage`
+- **2022-02-22** Ordered to House
+- **2022-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-10** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
+- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-11** Amendment pending
+- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2022-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 631) `passage`
+- **2022-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 556)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-04-20** Chapter 163, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e32ac3d9-4d27-4170-9762-0b253e593376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+