---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims"
description: "Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2495"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2495 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-15"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97026ff4-b030-4f7f-a843-a9001d2bdaa9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2495&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "54d0bedc977743ed68295072d06378fc341369e2c534c4974f3bbd496bb5af81"
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 2495 (2021) — Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims

## 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=HB2495%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2495%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2495%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2495)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Keaton — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 189) `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 286) `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-31** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-01** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** To Governor 4/7/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 4, 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/97026ff4-b030-4f7f-a843-a9001d2bdaa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).