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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorizing Workforce West Virginia to hire at-will employees"
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description: "Authorizing Workforce West Virginia to hire at-will employees"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 421"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 421 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tarr"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc68adbd-38f6-4271-8c44-506f06a383c3"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=421&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "c355c1d557103a24a4b956db49e230ff91ef9ed545468acf3a314ed32ed300ca"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 421 (2021) — Authorizing Workforce West Virginia to hire at-will employees
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB421%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=421)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB421%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=421)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB421%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=421)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Tarr — primary (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-03** Committee substitute reported
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- **2021-03-04** On 1st reading
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- **2021-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-05** On 2nd reading
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- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-08** On 3rd reading
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- **2021-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 91) `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** Ordered to House
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- **2021-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2021-03-09** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Do pass
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- **2021-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2021-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 409) `passage`
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- **2021-04-02** Communicated to Senate
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- **2021-04-02** Completed legislative action
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- **2021-04-05** House Message received
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- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
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- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
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- **2021-05-24** Chapter 135, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc68adbd-38f6-4271-8c44-506f06a383c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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