---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing special hiring procedures for DOH and Tax Division"
description: "Implementing special hiring procedures for DOH and Tax Division"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20172S"
identifier: "SB 2003"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2003 (20172S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By", "State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-10-16"
last_action: "2017-11-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a971b5f-ec0a-430d-a4fe-8cd57b3375b5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2003&year=2017&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc27281ed19116fa9260dda5852cc444a28b7ba4c2ca71ec07f84afda697f219"
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 2003 (20172S) — Implementing special hiring procedures for DOH and Tax Division

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2003%20eng.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=2X&i=2003)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2003%20enr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=2X&i=2003)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2003%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=2X&i=2003)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **59–31** (pass) · legislature
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **82–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2017-10-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-10-16** Immediate consideration
- **2017-10-16** Committee reference dispensed
- **2017-10-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-17** On 2nd reading
- **2017-10-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-17** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2017-10-17** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 6)
- **2017-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-17** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 7) `passage`
- **2017-10-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 7)
- **2017-10-17** Ordered to House
- **2017-10-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2017-10-17** Reference dispensed
- **2017-10-17** Immediate consideration
- **2017-10-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2017-10-17** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 699)
- **2017-10-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-17** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2017-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2017-10-17** Postponed consideration until 8:30pm
- **2017-10-17** Resumed consideration
- **2017-10-17** Passed House (Roll No. 703) `passage`
- **2017-10-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 704)
- **2017-10-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2017-10-17** House Message received
- **2017-10-17** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 14)
- **2017-10-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 15)
- **2017-10-17** Communicated to House
- **2017-10-17** Completed legislative action
- **2017-10-20** To Governor 10/20/17 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-13** To Governor 10/20/17 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-24** Approved by Governor 10/24/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-13** Approved by Governor 10/24/17 - Senate Journal
- **2017-10-24** Chapter 2, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a971b5f-ec0a-430d-a4fe-8cd57b3375b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).