---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee"
description: "Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "West Virginia SB 579 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cline"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15f5fb3-0f66-45ac-a2b7-85601e4d92df"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=579&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2f081dd8096d9367b4c3b4b00f938b8b43a5c2b00dcfd21d5f22e391bebb1523"
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 579 (2020) — Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee

## 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=SB579%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=579)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB579%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=579)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB579%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=579)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB579%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=579)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **73–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cline — primary (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-22** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2020-02-13** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 227) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Do pass
- **2020-03-04** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 652) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-07** House Message received
- **2020-03-17** To Governor 3/17/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/17/20 - 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 303, 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/f15f5fb3-0f66-45ac-a2b7-85601e4d92df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).