---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for VFDs"
description: "Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for VFDs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "West Virginia SB 345 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2154239-d83b-42cd-a8a7-09faccef6d3f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=345&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6cefb313bee772d380dceb378890e8ddb6066565d673fa94034abf1c47383480"
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 SB 345 (2019) — Relating to fire service equipment and training funds for VFDs

## 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=SB345%20SUB1.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=345)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB345%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=345)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB345%20INTR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=345)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2019-01-18** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Committee substitute reported
- **2019-02-11** On 1st reading
- **2019-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2019-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2019-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 130) `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Ordered to House
- **2019-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Finance
- **2019-02-14** To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2019-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2019-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 592) `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2019-03-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2019-03-09** House Message received
- **2019-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 523)
- **2019-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2019-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2019-03-20** To Governor 3/20/19 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-09** To Governor 3/20/19 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal
- **2019-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal
- **2019-04-16** Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2154239-d83b-42cd-a8a7-09faccef6d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).