republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-272.md

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Bill	Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act	Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 272	West Virginia SB 272 (2021)	bill	Labor	enacted	Blair	6	46	1	2021-02-13	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=272&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	c8865678c9d1b3d14c34a16f7368db6bdd2301f8b9e7928c7791cd9eb163ccba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 272 (2021) — Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act

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. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SB272 HFA CAPITO _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA CAPITO _1 adopted.htm)
5. SB272 HFA CAPITO _3 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA CAPITO _3 adopted.htm)
6. SB272 HFA Capito _2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/SB272 HFA Capito _2 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Blair — primary (person)
• Baldwin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-13 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-13 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-02-13 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute reported
• 2021-02-17 On 1st reading
• 2021-02-17 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-02-18 On 2nd reading
• 2021-02-18 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-02-19 On 3rd reading
• 2021-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 16) passage
• 2021-02-19 Ordered to House
• 2021-02-25 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-25 Immediate consideration
• 2021-02-25 Reference dispensed
• 2021-02-25 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-02-26 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-02-26 Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/1/21
• 2021-03-01 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-01 Placed on House Calendar
• 2021-03-09 Placed on Special Calender
• 2021-03-09 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-10 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-10 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2021-03-10 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-10 Amendment rejected (Roll No. 111) amendment-failure
• 2021-03-10 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-10 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2021-03-10 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2021-03-10 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-10 Passed House (Roll No. 112) passage
• 2021-03-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-03-11 House Message received
• 2021-03-11 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 113)
• 2021-03-11 Communicated to House
• 2021-03-11 Completed legislative action
• 2021-03-12 House received Senate message
• 2021-03-15 To Governor 3/15/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-03-16 To Governor 3/15/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-03-16 To Governor 3/15/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-03-19 Approved by Governor 3/19/21 executive-signature
• 2021-03-22 Approved by Governor 3/19/21 - House Journal
• 2021-05-24 Chapter 167, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).