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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees us/states/wv West Virginia Legislature 2020 HB 2646 West Virginia HB 2646 (2020)
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West Virginia HB 2646 (2020) — Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees

Version chain

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

  1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2646 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2646 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
  4. HB2646 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2646 S JUD AMT _1 3-3 adopted.htm)
  5. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 285 (pass) · upper
  • PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 5345 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE — 5148 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Higginbotham — primary (person)
  • Atkinson — cosponsor (person)
  • Butler — cosponsor (person)
  • Cadle — cosponsor (person)
  • Foster — cosponsor (person)
  • Hardy — cosponsor (person)
  • Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
  • Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2020-01-08 To Industry and Labor then Judiciary
  • 2020-01-08 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2020-01-08 To House Industry and Labor referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
  • 2020-02-14 To House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-02-20 By substitute, do pass
  • 2020-02-21 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-02-21 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2020-02-24 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-02-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2020-02-24 Amendment ruled not germane
  • 2020-02-25 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  • 2020-02-25 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2020-02-25 Passed House (Roll No. 307) passage
  • 2020-02-25 Communicated to Senate
  • 2020-02-26 Introduced in Senate introduction
  • 2020-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-02-26 To Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-03-03 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
  • 2020-03-03 Immediate consideration
  • 2020-03-03 Read 1st time reading-1
  • 2020-03-04 On 2nd reading
  • 2020-03-04 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2020-03-04 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  • 2020-03-05 On 3rd reading
  • 2020-03-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 446) passage
  • 2020-03-05 Senate requests House to concur
  • 2020-03-06 House received Senate message
  • 2020-03-06 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 622)
  • 2020-03-06 Communicated to Senate
  • 2020-03-06 Completed legislative action
  • 2020-03-07 House Message received
  • 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
  • 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal executive-receipt
  • 2020-03-13 To Governor 3/13/20 executive-receipt
  • 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
  • 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
  • 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 executive-signature
  • 2020-04-15 Chapter 204, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/734d7b26-b896-4f1a-91ad-373f6f6c8b82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).