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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state"
description: "Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 615"
citation: "West Virginia SB 615 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/061ee56f-b0f3-491e-b49f-c14d3e3ab352"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=615&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a6d455ecabb1baaffc5d1b634f4970457da0592c588d0562882ef7c5061f64f2"
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 615 (2020) — Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state
## 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=SB615%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=615)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB615%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=615)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB615%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=615)
4. **SB615 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB615 H FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB615 HFA HOUSEHOLDER 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB615 HFA HOUSEHOLDER 3-5 _1 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Blair — primary (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-05** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 86) `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 86)
- **2020-02-07** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** From Special Calendar, 1st reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-03-04** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-05** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 657) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 658)
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 613)
- **2020-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 613)
- **2020-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 48, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/061ee56f-b0f3-491e-b49f-c14d3e3ab352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).