---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting contract and common carrier laws for certain vehicles"
description: "Exempting contract and common carrier laws for certain vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 686"
citation: "West Virginia SB 686 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/451fb168-c559-4cea-9e66-dd50402a2a8b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=686&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5ed7de07ecb6d1016dd30c98d900dac8d0ffc24904b274412c0ef50375f69a89"
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 686 (2020) — Exempting contract and common carrier laws for certain vehicles

## 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=SB686%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=686)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB686%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=686)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB686%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=686)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **79–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** 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** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 183) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Do pass
- **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`
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-29** Passed House (Roll No. 428) `passage`
- **2020-02-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-29** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-02** House Message received
- **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`
- **2020-03-25** 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 216, 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/451fb168-c559-4cea-9e66-dd50402a2a8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).