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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act"
description: "Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "West Virginia SB 272 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-13"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=272&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c8865678c9d1b3d14c34a16f7368db6bdd2301f8b9e7928c7791cd9eb163ccba"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB272%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=272)
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 — **00** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c49b62ef-7509-47c9-be0b-e183540b8bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).