---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring hotels and restaurants secure manhole covers of certain grease traps"
description: "Requiring hotels and restaurants secure manhole covers of certain grease traps"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "West Virginia SB 240 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d9d6666-ccf0-47b7-8291-4e69474a801d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=240&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "59946489fd16002db365a198ea309376ac87b7a5af72ab81a2e030747ad09d79"
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 240 (2020) — Requiring hotels and restaurants secure manhole covers of certain grease traps

## 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=SB240%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=240)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB240%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=240)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB240%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=240)
4. **SB240 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/SB240 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
5. **SB240 SFAT TAKUBO 2-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/floor_amends/SB240 SFAT TAKUBO 2-29 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute reported
- **2020-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2020-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 60) `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-28** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 390) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-02-29** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 355)
- **2020-02-29** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 613)
- **2020-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-06** House Message received
- **2020-03-12** To Governor 3/12/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 258, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d9d6666-ccf0-47b7-8291-4e69474a801d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).