---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits"
description: "Relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2049"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2049 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f33ecfb-60ac-4823-9a2c-9a3380235d19"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2049&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5d3212407be058f2a4c745ac57596f08e3e4c8708bb42f56b65920cc3bc9f70d"
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 HB 2049 (2019) — Relating to a prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits

## 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=HB2049%20SUB.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2049)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2049%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2049)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2049%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2049)
4. **HB2049 S JUD AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/com_amends/HB2049 S JUD AM _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2049 SFA TRUMP 3-9 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2049 SFA TRUMP 3-9 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2049 SFA _1 HAMILTON 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2049 SFA _1 HAMILTON 3-8 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2049 SFAT _1 TRUMP 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2019/RS/floor_amends/HB2049 SFAT _1 TRUMP 3-9 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2049%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2049)
9. **Second Engrossment Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2049%20SUB%20ENG2.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2049)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **58–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Porterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Waxman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-09** To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
- **2019-01-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** To House Industry and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** By substitute, do pass
- **2019-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2019-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-02-26** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-02-27** House Message received
- **2019-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** To Workforce then Judiciary
- **2019-02-27** To Workforce
- **2019-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendments, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-02** On 2nd reading to Judiciary
- **2019-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2019-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2019-03-08** Lindsay Amendment to committee amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Hamilton Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2019-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 474) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate receded from amendment
- **2019-03-09** Substitute amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 525) `passage`
- **2019-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2019-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2019-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 728)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/21/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** To Governor 3/21/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 - House Journal
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Chapter 158, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f33ecfb-60ac-4823-9a2c-9a3380235d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).