---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising requirements for post-doctoral training"
description: "Revising requirements for post-doctoral training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 770"
citation: "West Virginia SB 770 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783612ec-1b45-4619-ab91-1cab29a6ba3c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=770&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fdd5d440a67c0ba496307fdda8b95a73392cf2a311d221f962e91615fb77d56a"
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 770 (2020) — Revising requirements for post-doctoral training

## 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=SB770%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=770)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB770%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=770)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB770%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=770)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB770%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=770)
5. **SB770 SFA _1 MAYNARD 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB770 SFA _1 MAYNARD 2-21 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-13** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Floor amendments adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 240) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Do pass
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 584) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** 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 243, 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/783612ec-1b45-4619-ab91-1cab29a6ba3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).