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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year"
+description: "Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 5128"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5128 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Legal Gaming"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-25"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de67186f-79da-4a99-82f5-e7137860cb12"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5128&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "565c6b1784e4dd990d4242ad68cc05788c1b621be43bccda79d1c3e766daa65e"
+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 5128 (2024) — Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5128%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5128)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5128%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5128)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Criss — primary (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-25** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance
+- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-25** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Finance
+- **2024-02-02** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-13** Do pass
+- **2024-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 204) `passage`
+- **2024-02-16** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 372) `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Communicated to House
+- **2024-03-05** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-05** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 231, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de67186f-79da-4a99-82f5-e7137860cb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+