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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity"
+description: "Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2848"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2848 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Riley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96203b11-e634-4c28-b911-9510894d03ac"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2848&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a39091084a72225bde6a5b4f1eec090111d93bb6ff429b99c5cc3d424b2361e2"
+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 2848 (2023) — Water and Sewer Operator licensing reciprocity
+
+## 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=hb2848%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2848%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2848%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2848)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Riley — primary (person)
+- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Westfall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-20** To Technology and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** With amendment, do pass, but first to Health and Human Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-26** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 184) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading
+- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 404) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-16** To Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 262, 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/96203b11-e634-4c28-b911-9510894d03ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+