---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unemployment insurance"
description: "Relating to unemployment insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3294"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capito"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2026e09d-4e5b-4435-aefc-b0a98096091c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3294&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ece5251dba3f435c98cc0898c8af0b2be8d3624256a9211795f730884b0a528f"
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 3294 (2021) — Relating to unemployment insurance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3294%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3294)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3294%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3294)
3. **HB3294 HFA CAPITO AM 3-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB3294 HFA CAPITO AM 3-23 _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB3294 HFAT CAPITO AMT 3-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB3294 HFAT CAPITO AMT 3-23 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB3294 S JUD AMT _1 3-31 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3294 S JUD AMT _1 3-31 adopted.htm)
6. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3294%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3294)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capito — primary (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
- Zukoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2021-03-22** Do pass
- **2021-03-23** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Passed House (Roll No. 284) `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass, with title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 355) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Effective July 1, 2022 (Roll No. 355)
- **2021-04-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2021-04-07** Passed House (Roll No. 509) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Effective July 1, 2022 (Roll No. 510)
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 273, 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/2026e09d-4e5b-4435-aefc-b0a98096091c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).