---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correcting name of Forensic Analysis Laboratory"
description: "Correcting name of Forensic Analysis Laboratory"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "West Virginia SB 712 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Plymale"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7501768d-6b47-4fbc-9b1e-a8d96a94c8e8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=712&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9298457b86d08e45e6b1697a4c3bebba6e79c683a5153adeb2667729c7a8ff33"
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 712 (2020) — Correcting name of Forensic Analysis Laboratory

## 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=SB712%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=712)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB712%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=712)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Plymale — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (Roll No. 160) `passage`
- **2020-02-17** Effective from passage (Roll No. 160)
- **2020-02-17** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-18** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** To House Education `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
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 403) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 404)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate 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
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 292, 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/7501768d-6b47-4fbc-9b1e-a8d96a94c8e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).