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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers"
+description: "Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2008"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2008 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a429354c-ec24-454c-b67b-f46434e7f760"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "0ab9d12db119f24f1be99f5c5a5c07710b92648d420034925934a791b0d4e028"
+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 2008 (2021) — Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 43)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00043.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+3. **Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 134)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/03-16-0134.pdf)
+4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+6. **HB2008 HFA CRISS 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2008 HFA CRISS 2-19 _1 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB2008 HFAT STEELE 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2008 HFAT STEELE 2-21 adopted.htm)
+8. **HB2008 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2008 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
+9. **HB2008 S GOV AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2008 S GOV AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+10. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Foster — primary (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Horst — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell — cosponsor (person)
+- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** By substitute, do pass
+- **2021-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 43)
+- **2021-02-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 44) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 45) `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 47) `passage`
+- **2021-02-22** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-02-22** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-15** On 1st reading
+- **2021-03-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-16** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 134)
+- **2021-03-17** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 143) `passage`
+- **2021-03-17** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-03-18** House received Senate message
+- **2021-03-18** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 184)
+- **2021-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 185) `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-18** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-03-19** House Message received
+- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-22** To Governor 3/22/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 169, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a429354c-ec24-454c-b67b-f46434e7f760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+