---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations"
description: "Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 548"
citation: "West Virginia SB 548 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roberts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e32ac3d9-4d27-4170-9762-0b253e593376"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=548&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "899ecccb82ea2dac7e05f3bb2cbb457122b1594c82e07c556309b722f18056e0"
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 548 (2022) — Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations

## 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=SB548%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=548)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB548%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=548)
3. **SB548 H GO AM _3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB548 H GO AM _3-7 adopted.htm)
4. **SB548 H GO AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB548 H GO AMT adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roberts — primary (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-01** To Workforce
- **2022-02-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-01** To Workforce
- **2022-02-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 187) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Ordered to House
- **2022-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-11** Amendment pending
- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-12** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2022-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 631) `passage`
- **2022-03-12** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 556)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 163, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e32ac3d9-4d27-4170-9762-0b253e593376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).