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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly"
+description: "Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 2961"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2961 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fast"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7ccf6c5-2869-4589-8a5a-f5d45e22469b"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2961&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "4f9fb1bab808194a5589dae6db7c87bffdb7214bd09fec1cca019bf3cca53df3"
+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 2961 (2020) — Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly
+
+## 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=HB2961%20SUB.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2961%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2961%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
+4. **HB2961 HFA FAST 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 HFA FAST 2-13 _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **HB2961 HFAT FAST 2-17 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 HFAT FAST 2-17 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB2961 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFA _1 MARONEY 3-7 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB2961 SFAT MARONEY 3-6 adopted reconsid withdrawn.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFAT MARONEY 3-6 adopted reconsid withdrawn.htm)
+8. **HB2961 SFAT _2 maroney 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/HB2961 SFAT _2 maroney 3-7 adopted.htm)
+9. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2961%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2961)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **85–13** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **90–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fast — primary (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Foster — cosponsor (person)
+- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin, C. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2020-01-08** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-06** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** By substitute, do pass
+- **2020-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2020-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 201) `passage`
+- **2020-02-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-02-17** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Finance
+- **2020-02-18** To Transportation and Infrastructure
+- **2020-03-03** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2020-03-03** Immediate consideration
+- **2020-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2020-03-04** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-05** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/5/20
+- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-07** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2020-03-07** Removed from calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-07** Returned to calendar by Rules Committee
+- **2020-03-07** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 576) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-07** Senate reconsidered action (voice vote)
+- **2020-03-07** Maroney Title amendment #1 withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2020-03-07** Maroney Title amendment #2 adopted
+- **2020-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2020-03-07** House received Senate message
+- **2020-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 779)
+- **2020-03-07** Communicated to Senate
+- **2020-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2020-03-07** House Message received
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-19** To Governor 3/19/20 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - House Journal
+- **2020-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/24/20 - Senate Journal
+- **2020-04-15** Chapter 271, 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/c7ccf6c5-2869-4589-8a5a-f5d45e22469b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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