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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarifying preferential recall rights for employees sustaining compensable injury"
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description: "Clarifying preferential recall rights for employees sustaining compensable injury"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 661"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 661 (2023)"
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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: ["Roberts"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f18a5e-a75b-48e4-a1cd-412ee1771c8b"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=661&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "35c7f9889405a65fc5f9ba00643aaf663d5ad94fe0bb9d04966316d6ba8be16a"
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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 661 (2023) — Clarifying preferential recall rights for employees sustaining compensable injury
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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=sb661%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=661)
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2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb661%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=661)
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3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb661%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=661)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb661%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=661)
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5. **sb661 hfa c. pritt 3-9 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb661 hfa c. pritt 3-9 _1 adopted.htm)
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6. **sb661 hfat phillips 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb661 hfat phillips 3-9 adopted.htm)
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7. **sb661 sfa roberts _1 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb661 sfa roberts _1 2-22 adopted.htm)
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8. **sb661 sfat roberts _1 2-22 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb661 sfat roberts _1 2-22 adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Roberts — primary (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-16** To Workforce
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- **2023-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-02-16** To Workforce
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- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute reported
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- **2023-02-21** On 1st reading
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- **2023-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-22** On 2nd reading
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- **2023-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-22** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading
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- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 255) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Ordered to House
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- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2023-02-24** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
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- **2023-03-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2023-03-09** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 695) `passage`
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- **2023-03-10** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
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- **2023-03-11** House Message received
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- **2023-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 596)
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- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
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- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
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- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
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- **2023-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Chapter 330, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
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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/d8f18a5e-a75b-48e4-a1cd-412ee1771c8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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