---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide that Public Service Districts cannot charge sewer rates for filling a swimming pool"
description: "Provide that Public Service Districts cannot charge sewer rates for filling a swimming pool"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2370"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2370 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-13"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e85612-d310-4570-bafd-4cebc7ef63a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2370&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7dca7a4d54bfabd5e57f7ae3cbbadd161fcda330abf51bd92995ad8b58b7427e"
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 2370 (2021) — Provide that Public Service Districts cannot charge sewer rates for filling a swimming pool

## 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=HB2370%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2370)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2370%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2370)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2370%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2370)
4. **HB2370 HFA HOWELL 3-30 _1 AMENDED adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2370 HFA HOWELL 3-30 _1 AMENDED adopted.htm)
5. **HB2370 S JUD AM _1 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2370 S JUD AM _1 4-5 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2370 S JUD AMT _1 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2370 S JUD AMT _1 4-5 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2370%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2370)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
- Mandt — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Paynter — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Ward, B. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 348) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Effective from passage (Roll No. 349)
- **2021-03-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 481) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 481)
- **2021-04-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 642)
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 643)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** To Governor 4/21/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 235, 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/f9e85612-d310-4570-bafd-4cebc7ef63a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).