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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to employer testing, notice, termination, and forfeiture of unemployment compensation"
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description: "Relating to employer testing, notice, termination, and forfeiture of unemployment compensation"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 547"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 547 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Unemployment Compensation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-20"
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last_action: "2020-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/985e6900-eaaf-4b12-bc3d-78052fc6b5c9"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=547&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "c14ef9518b761045ea28b2e7847b05ccd9527c270069e1da3bf6640f034ec356"
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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 547 (2020) — Relating to employer testing, notice, termination, and forfeiture of unemployment compensation
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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=SB547%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=547)
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2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB547%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=547)
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3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB547%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=547)
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4. **SB547 HFA FAST 3-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB547 HFA FAST 3-4 _1 adopted.htm)
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5. **SB547 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB547 HFAT SHOTT 3-6 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **95–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Trump — primary (person)
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- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute reported
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- **2020-01-30** On 1st reading
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- **2020-01-30** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 56) `passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Ordered to House
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- **2020-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-02-04** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Do pass
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- **2020-03-03** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-04** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/5
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- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 650) `passage`
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- **2020-03-06** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-07** House Message received
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- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 610)
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- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
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- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-18** To Governor 3/18/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/18/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-04-14** Chapter 203, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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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/985e6900-eaaf-4b12-bc3d-78052fc6b5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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