---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting eligibility of certain employers to participate in PEIA plans"
description: "Limiting eligibility of certain employers to participate in PEIA plans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "West Virginia SB 398 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maroney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410b0bf6-8241-48d8-b869-31d9e37903bd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=398&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e3d62b8418a9336aab63beb245ee003180bcb6e899f9af5cae280308af72b84c"
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 398 (2021) — Limiting eligibility of certain employers to participate in PEIA plans

## 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=SB398%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=398)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB398%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=398)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB398%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=398)
4. **SB398 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB398 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maroney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-23** To Banking and Insurance then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** To Banking and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2021-03-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 174) `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Effective from passage (Roll No. 174)
- **2021-03-23** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 547) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 548)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 439)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 439)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 134, 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/410b0bf6-8241-48d8-b869-31d9e37903bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).