republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2020/sb-281.md

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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	Removing residency requirement for persons applying for reappointment to municipal police dept	Removing residency requirement for persons applying for reappointment to municipal police dept	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2020	SB 281	West Virginia SB 281 (2020)	bill	Municipalities	enacted	Woelfel	2	34	2	2020-01-10	2020-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5ba3d24c-b74c-4251-8ee1-c7e7e7a81f52	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=281&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	5410759b8323b337ac9640f85fec473e4990e873bc8bd55904c769012a345f73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 281 (2020) — Removing residency requirement for persons applying for reappointment to municipal police dept

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Woelfel — primary (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Plymale — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-10 Filed for introduction filing
• 2020-01-10 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2020-01-10 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 On 1st reading
• 2020-01-30 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-01-31 On 2nd reading
• 2020-01-31 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 On 3rd reading
• 2020-02-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) passage
• 2020-02-03 Ordered to House
• 2020-02-04 Introduced in House introduction
• 2020-02-04 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 To House Government Organization referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Do pass
• 2020-02-26 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2020-02-27 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-02-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2020-02-28 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2020-02-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed House (Roll No. 393) passage
• 2020-02-28 Communicated to Senate
• 2020-02-28 Completed legislative action
• 2020-02-29 House Message received
• 2020-03-10 To Governor 3/10/20 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 To Governor 3/10/20 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
• 2020-03-24 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 executive-signature
• 2020-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
• 2020-04-14 Chapter 67, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ba3d24c-b74c-4251-8ee1-c7e7e7a81f52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).