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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Make utility workers essential employees during a state of emergency"
+description: "Make utility workers essential employees during a state of emergency"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 3089"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3089 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ward, G."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c5edc5f-57c3-4855-8598-cbe14ecf02c3"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3089&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "0d57ba39d8f7fb4401cd1cd66e52b2422671a2f13bff1f4c74f1e431acfe89a4"
+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 3089 (2021) — Make utility workers essential employees during a state of emergency
+
+## 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=HB3089%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3089)
+2. **HB3089 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3089 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
+3. **HB3089 S JUD AMT _1 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3089 S JUD AMT _1 4-7 adopted.htm)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3089%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3089)
+5. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 668)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00668.pdf)
+6. **Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 669)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00669.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ward, G. — primary (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly, J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)
+- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2021-03-12** To Workforce Development then Judiciary
+- **2021-03-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2021-03-12** To House Workforce Development `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2021-03-19** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-26** Do pass
+- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 364) `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Communicated to Senate
+- **2021-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** 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. 471) `passage`
+- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
+- **2021-04-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 668)
+- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2021-04-10** Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 669)
+- **2021-04-10** Passed House (Roll No. 670) `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 4/26/21 - 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 233, 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/0c5edc5f-57c3-4855-8598-cbe14ecf02c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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