---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act"
description: "Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "West Virginia SB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-13"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fecb487-6bf7-4c9f-97b7-c28c13584813"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=277&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "003feb69f1166cc652147dae14566e658593d43773fd6a963baac2ed75ef7e7f"
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 277 (2021) — Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 105)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00105.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB277%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=277)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB277%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=277)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB277%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=277)
5. **SB277 HFA BATES 3-3 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB277 HFA BATES 3-3 adopted adopted.htm)
6. **SB277 HFA BATES 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB277 HFA BATES 3-3 adopted.htm)
7. **SB277 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB277 HFA CAPITO 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
8. **SB277 HFAT CAPITO 3-10 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB277 HFAT CAPITO 3-10 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Baldwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-02-17** On 1st reading
- **2021-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** On 2nd reading
- **2021-02-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2021-02-19** Lindsay Floor amendment #1 rejected (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-19** Lindsay Floor amendment #2 rejected (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 17) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Effective from passage (Roll No. 17)
- **2021-02-19** Ordered to House
- **2021-02-22** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Do pass
- **2021-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-02** Placed on House Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Special Calender
- **2021-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 105)
- **2021-03-09** Amendment to amendment rejected (Roll No. 106)
- **2021-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 113) `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 114)
- **2021-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-11** House Message received
- **2021-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 114)
- **2021-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 114)
- **2021-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-15** To Governor 3/15/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-16** To Governor 3/15/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 1, 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/8fecb487-6bf7-4c9f-97b7-c28c13584813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).