---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting nursing home use trained individuals administer medication"
description: "Permitting nursing home use trained individuals administer medication"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "West Virginia SB 560 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takubo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6484a5f-65f6-418b-bd99-318a0c5c4b88"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=560&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "69ef6730c2982e2b82dd3cdc1af85b1ad43b25fc8c120b651f467498bfb1a134"
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 560 (2020) — Permitting nursing home use trained individuals administer medication

## 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=SB560%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=560)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB560%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=560)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB560%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=560)
4. **SB560 H H_HR AM _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB560 H H_HR AM _1 adopted adopted.htm)
5. **SB560 H H_HR AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB560 H H_HR AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **70–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Takubo — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 70) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 158)
- **2020-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-12** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 167) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-17** House Message received
- **2020-02-17** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 148)
- **2020-02-17** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-18** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 219)
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-19** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 261, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6484a5f-65f6-418b-bd99-318a0c5c4b88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).