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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage"
+description: "Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2762"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2762 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nestor"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a5a72c7-95c0-49cb-8b59-a4024c9f5022"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2762&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "581651cdced848f94c100c04c06adc4227c5c71fa67886bdbd0f39e703af61b8"
+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 2762 (2023) — Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage
+
+## 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=hb2762%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2762%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2762)
+5. **hb2762 hfa nestor 2-8 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2762 hfa nestor 2-8 _1 adopted.htm)
+6. **hb2762 hfat phillips 2-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2762 hfat phillips 2-8 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nestor — primary (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanna — cosponsor (person)
+- Honaker — cosponsor (person)
+- Horst — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Vance — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-18** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization
+- **2023-01-18** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-18** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-09** Passed House (Roll No. 94) `passage`
+- **2023-02-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-02-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-02** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 351) `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-02** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-02** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-09** To Governor 3/9/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 283, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a5a72c7-95c0-49cb-8b59-a4024c9f5022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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