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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia"
+description: "Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 2995"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2995 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Overington"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/051d246d-bf71-4c56-b9af-cdd36f503f9c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2995&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "52fbababd319289df4b5d1c5d8257072a3760364d7194674260c548bbdca9b96"
+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 HB 2995 (2018) — Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia
+
+## 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=HB2995%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2995%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2995%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2995)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **92–4** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Overington — primary (person)
+- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2018-01-10** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2018-01-10** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-24** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-24** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-09** By substitute, do pass
+- **2018-02-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2018-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 96) `passage`
+- **2018-02-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-02-15** House Message received
+- **2018-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2018-03-02** On 1st reading
+- **2018-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2018-03-03** On 2nd reading
+- **2018-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2018-03-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 346) `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2018-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-05** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2018-03-05** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-06** House Message received
+- **2018-03-06** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
+- **2018-03-06** Senate appoints conference committee: Smith, Maynard, Baldwin
+- **2018-03-06** Communicated to House
+- **2018-03-06** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-06** House agreed to conference
+- **2018-03-06** House appointed conferees: Hamrick, Sypolt, Lynch
+- **2018-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-06** To conference
+- **2018-03-07** House Message received
+- **2018-03-08** Conference report filed - House
+- **2018-03-08** Conference report filed - Senate
+- **2018-03-09** Conference report received-House
+- **2018-03-09** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 493)
+- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2018-03-10** House Message received
+- **2018-03-10** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 489)
+- **2018-03-10** Communicated to House
+- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
+- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-03-21** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal
+- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal
+- **2018-04-16** Chapter 180, Acts, Regular Session, 2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/051d246d-bf71-4c56-b9af-cdd36f503f9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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