---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying authorized users of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Fund"
description: "Clarifying authorized users of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "West Virginia SB 740 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-10"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb9a3c10-3fbd-4fd5-be3e-e7694999fd6e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=740&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "815a956558e2b3db447c84b7c84f3933c7327a62d574807443b56aad8956076c"
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 740 (2020) — Clarifying authorized users of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services 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=SB740%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=740)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB740%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=740)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **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. 185) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Do pass
- **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`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 670) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - 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 185, 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/fb9a3c10-3fbd-4fd5-be3e-e7694999fd6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).