---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers' Compensation Old Fund"
description: "Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers' Compensation Old Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "West Virginia SB 545 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b42b740-c8d3-44d4-86e5-0994af892309"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=545&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b6befaadd6b7051cf63ce9130c278d6fe6a0e9559c2c0c68a4abe3e3eb17fb33"
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 545 (2020) — Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers' Compensation Old Fund

## 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=SB545%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=545)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB545%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=545)
3. **SB545 HFIN AM 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB545 HFIN AM 2-28 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-20** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-20** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 125) `passage`
- **2020-02-12** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 450) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 451)
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-04** House Message received
- **2020-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 417)
- **2020-03-04** Effective from passage (Roll No. 417)
- **2020-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 156, 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/5b42b740-c8d3-44d4-86e5-0994af892309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).