---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to the transparency and accountability of state grants to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse"
description: "Relating generally to the transparency and accountability of state grants to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2573"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2573 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d7bea3f-c6be-453d-ac85-9d3631b744c3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2573&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7d313a1f1472963624c4930284fec5061d320e0f8897b45fb4c9175dabf78a5e"
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 2573 (2021) — Relating generally to the transparency and accountability of state grants to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse

## 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=HB2573%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2573)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2573%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2573)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2573%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2573)
4. **HB2573 HFA CAPITO 3-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2573 HFA CAPITO 3-23 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2573 HFAT CAPITO 3-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2573 HFAT CAPITO 3-23 _1 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2573 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2573 S FIN AM _1 adopted.htm)
7. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2573%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2573)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rowan — primary (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Criss — cosponsor (person)
- Gearheart — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-17** To Finance then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Passed House (Roll No. 294) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-27** To Government Organization then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-02** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 410) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** 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. 591)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `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 226, 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/3d7bea3f-c6be-453d-ac85-9d3631b744c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).