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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public records management and preservation"
+description: "Relating to public records management and preservation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2915"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2915 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rowan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6890068a-6f79-4177-8645-172e4b13f111"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2915&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "881a17914c054d0ed22584118dd100b2ba4a0c2865beb91ba0e5ab5b43b15b59"
+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 2915 (2021) — Relating to public records management and preservation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2915%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2915)
+2. **HB2915 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-31 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2915 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-31 _1 adopted.htm)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2915%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2915)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rowan — primary (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** Do pass
+- **2021-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30** Passed House (Roll No. 334) `passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-03-30** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 335)
+- **2021-03-30** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-31** Immediate consideration
+- **2021-03-31** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading
+- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading
+- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-05** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/5/21
+- **2021-04-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/6/21
+- **2021-04-07** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/7/21
+- **2021-04-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/8/21
+- **2021-04-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/9/21
+- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 483) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 483)
+- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
+- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
+- **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 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
+- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
+- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-20** Chapter 237, 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/6890068a-6f79-4177-8645-172e4b13f111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+