---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring PEIA and health insurance providers provide mental health parity"
description: "Requiring PEIA and health insurance providers provide mental health parity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "West Virginia SB 291 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c54eb7f-fef7-4d6d-8a2c-0d5643f7d2f5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=291&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "205a3ea5585e780b726fb8f13bc9afa04256d333e3197b8c1fbf255b20193251"
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 291 (2020) — Requiring PEIA and health insurance providers provide mental health parity

## 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=SB291%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=291)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=291)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=291)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB291%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=291)
5. **SB291 HFIN AM 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB291 HFIN AM 3-2 adopted.htm)
6. **SB291 HFIN AMT 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB291 HFIN AMT 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **84–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-10** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-02-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-18** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/18/20
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 192) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 642) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 566)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 186, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c54eb7f-fef7-4d6d-8a2c-0d5643f7d2f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).