---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring contracts of $25,000 or more be competitively bid"
description: "Requiring contracts of $25,000 or more be competitively bid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "West Virginia SB 552 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51dddf86-4979-4306-a51d-d3775f0d893a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=552&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e6401749992c054cf1cbf50845c29fa58e727ff564f6d090518a067f4fda05f3"
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 552 (2020) — Requiring contracts of $25,000 or more be competitively bid

## 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=SB552%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=552)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB552%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=552)
3. **SB552 H GO AM 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB552 H GO AM 2-21 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** On 2nd reading
- **2020-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 57) `passage`
- **2020-02-03** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 396)
- **2020-02-28** House reconsidered effective date and passage (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-28** House reconsidered amendment and withdrew
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 415) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 416)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-02-29** Senate concurred in House changed effective date
- **2020-02-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 358)
- **2020-02-29** Communicated to House
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - 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 130, 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/51dddf86-4979-4306-a51d-d3775f0d893a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).