---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a Merit-Based Personnel System within DOT"
description: "Creating a Merit-Based Personnel System within DOT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2720"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2720 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Roads and Transportation", "State Personnel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1313a9-71cb-460a-9d2f-b7aebb99d3e1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2720&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8cbda76ec2c051b667a3586021bad40617bd264ec2ac61c9c7e4ff68684e1f4f"
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 HB 2720 (2021) — Creating a Merit-Based Personnel System within DOT

## 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=HB2720%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2720)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2720%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2720)
3. **HB2720 S T_I AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2720 S T_I AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2720 S T_I AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2720 S T_I AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2720%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2720)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-24** To Workforce Development then Government Organization
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** To House Workforce Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed House (Roll No. 327) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
- **2021-03-31** To Transportation and Infrastructure
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 411) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Effective January 1, 2022 (Roll No. 411)
- **2021-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 592)
- **2021-04-10** Effective January 1, 2022 (Roll No. 593)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 147, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa1313a9-71cb-460a-9d2f-b7aebb99d3e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).