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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the establishment and operation of regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities"
+description: "Relating to the establishment and operation of regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2955"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2955 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Riley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf704f9-c2b0-4429-a161-c92d8eece012"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2955&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "84bdceb9ea60ff3ba55f0f4df3721573dfbab5d586a5f3d00c978ce31a7e7978"
+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 2955 (2023) — Relating to the establishment and operation of regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities
+
+## 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=hb2955%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2955)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2955%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2955)
+3. **hb2955 hfat phillips 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb2955 hfat phillips 2-21 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Riley — primary (person)
+- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-24** To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-24** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-08** Do pass, but first to Government Organization
+- **2023-02-08** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16** Do pass
+- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-28** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/1
+- **2023-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 373) `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Government Organization
+- **2023-03-02** To Transportation and Infrastructure
+- **2023-03-06** Reported do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-06** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2023-03-07** On 1st reading
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 459) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Communicated to House
+- **2023-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 263, 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/eaf704f9-c2b0-4429-a161-c92d8eece012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+