---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers"
description: "Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2008"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2008 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a429354c-ec24-454c-b67b-f46434e7f760"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2008&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0ab9d12db119f24f1be99f5c5a5c07710b92648d420034925934a791b0d4e028"
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 2008 (2021) — Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 43)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/house/00043.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
3. **Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 134)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2021/RS/votes/senate/03-16-0134.pdf)
4. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
5. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)
6. **HB2008 HFA CRISS 2-19 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2008 HFA CRISS 2-19 _1 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2008 HFAT STEELE 2-21 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2008 HFAT STEELE 2-21 adopted.htm)
8. **HB2008 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2008 S GOV AM _1 adopted.htm)
9. **HB2008 S GOV AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2008 S GOV AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
10. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2008%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2008)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-10** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-02-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 43)
- **2021-02-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 44) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 45) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed House (Roll No. 47) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-02-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-02-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Committee amendment adopted (Roll No. 134)
- **2021-03-17** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 143) `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-03-18** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-18** House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 184)
- **2021-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 185) `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-18** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-19** House Message received
- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23** To Governor 3/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** To Governor 3/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/27/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 169, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a429354c-ec24-454c-b67b-f46434e7f760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).