---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating special merit-based employment system for health care professionals"
description: "Eliminating special merit-based employment system for health care professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "West Virginia SB 830 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bacc68e-ed71-44fd-a70a-d665e3790eaa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=830&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ddd6c18d6383f11d416f2e12cc13da5e934aacebaf2043322703d0fa46aeb0e4"
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 830 (2020) — Eliminating special merit-based employment system for health care professionals

## 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=SB830%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=830)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB830%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=830)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **79–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 329) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-27** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Do pass
- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, 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. 587) `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 51, 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/7bacc68e-ed71-44fd-a70a-d665e3790eaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).