---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to local health department accountability"
description: "Relating to local health department accountability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "West Virginia SB 12 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02b353af-4152-4f8e-8040-5e161ab54a44"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=12&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f5fe586bc11c25575642be12162cac21f5a69564ede2971207ad825f7131eb3e"
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 12 (2021) — Relating to local health department accountability

## 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=SB12%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=12)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB12%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=12)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB12%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=12)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB12%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=12)
5. **SB12 HFA PACK 2-25 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB12 HFA PACK 2-25 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **SB12 SFA _1 MARONEY 2-19 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB12 SFA _1 MARONEY 2-19 adopted.htm)
7. **SB12 SFAT _1 MARONEY 2-23 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB12 SFAT _1 MARONEY 2-23 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-02-22** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/22/21 with right to amend
- **2021-02-23** Maroney Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-23** Karnes Floor amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 25) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Immediate consideration
- **2021-02-24** Reference dispensed
- **2021-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 57) `passage`
- **2021-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-04** House Message received
- **2021-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 71)
- **2021-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-04** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-10** To Governor 3/10/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** To Governor 3/10/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 213, 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/02b353af-4152-4f8e-8040-5e161ab54a44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).