---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending licensure renewal term of certain private investigators, security guards, and associated firms"
description: "Extending licensure renewal term of certain private investigators, security guards, and associated firms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 521"
citation: "West Virginia SB 521 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc6d070-c264-4e71-b849-dd8289717bb3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=521&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "52182af95c3bc6da56a74b526e87f475e2fcaaa445d99e0fe975ae79e01db507"
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 521 (2021) — Extending licensure renewal term of certain private investigators, security guards, and associated firms

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB521%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=521)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB521%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=521)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-02** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-27** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 218) `passage`
- **2021-03-27** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Do pass
- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 518) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-08** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-09** House Message received
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 198, 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/bfc6d070-c264-4e71-b849-dd8289717bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).