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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating the Semiquincentennial Commission for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America"
+description: "Creating the Semiquincentennial Commission for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2916"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2916 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rowan"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-04"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba60ef9-5ee3-4e7d-b16e-e0b12c9a7594"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2916&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "72daaa7d3b4be2dc836fc8246a395296e709946fe982597162d33ee1fca13de7"
+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 2916 (2021) — Creating the Semiquincentennial Commission for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America
+
+## 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=HB2916%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2916)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2916%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2916)
+3. **HB2916 HFA SUMMERS 4-6 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2916 HFA SUMMERS 4-6 _1 adopted.htm)
+4. **HB2916 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2916 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
+5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2916%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2916)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rowan — primary (person)
+- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Foster — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-04** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** By substitute, do pass
+- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 150) `passage`
+- **2021-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-03-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-03-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **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`
+- **2021-04-02** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2021-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 314) `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-04-06** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-06** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 444)
+- **2021-04-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 445)
+- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-07** House Message received
+- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 342)
+- **2021-04-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 342)
+- **2021-04-07** Communicated to House
+- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
+- **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 152, 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/cba60ef9-5ee3-4e7d-b16e-e0b12c9a7594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+