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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act"
+description: "Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2776"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2776 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-26"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5203c5a-9a6a-4a2a-9d42-fefa58e3950e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2776&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "330b0fbc7d56af9b83c5b46c29f9881d39d5dfb317e8c5c55124751ad9335368"
+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 2776 (2021) — Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
+3. **HB2776 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB2776 H JUD AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 H JUD AMT adopted.htm)
+5. **HB2776 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB2776 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2776 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
+7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2776%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2776)
+8. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 658)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00658.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-02-26** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-02-26** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-12** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-12** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-15** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** Passed House (Roll No. 171) `passage`
+- **2021-03-16** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-16** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-08** Immediate consideration
+- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2021-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 459) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 658)
+- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 659) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-10** House Message received
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 166, 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/b5203c5a-9a6a-4a2a-9d42-fefa58e3950e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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