---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions"
description: "Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 472"
citation: "West Virginia SB 472 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maynard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9953f4b3-ed5c-4d7d-8b9c-f03eb554f4d1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=472&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f672a796d6e7c5ca5477fc3644f7f0c2e8a7c6a50648eea2e04080626c60c80a"
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 472 (2021) — Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions

## 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=SB472%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB472%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB472%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=472)
4. **SB472 HFA BATES _ STEELE 3-31 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB472 HFA BATES _ STEELE 3-31 _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maynard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-11** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 123) `passage`
- **2021-03-15** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Do pass
- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-01** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 412) `passage`
- **2021-04-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-05** House Message received
- **2021-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 301)
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 197, 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/9953f4b3-ed5c-4d7d-8b9c-f03eb554f4d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).