---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public records management and preservation"
description: "Relating to public records management and preservation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2915"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2915 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rowan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6890068a-6f79-4177-8645-172e4b13f111"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2915&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "881a17914c054d0ed22584118dd100b2ba4a0c2865beb91ba0e5ab5b43b15b59"
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 2915 (2021) — Relating to public records management and preservation

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2915%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2915)
2. **HB2915 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-31 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2915 HFAT HOUSEHOLDER 3-31 _1 adopted.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2915%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2915)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rowan — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
- Hornbuckle — cosponsor (person)
- Linville — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-04** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Do pass
- **2021-03-26** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed House (Roll No. 334) `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-30** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 335)
- **2021-03-30** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-31** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-31** Committee reference dispensed
- **2021-04-01** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-02** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-05** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/5/21
- **2021-04-06** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/6/21
- **2021-04-07** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/7/21
- **2021-04-08** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/8/21
- **2021-04-09** Laid over on 3rd reading 4/9/21
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 483) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Effective July 1, 2021 (Roll No. 483)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **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 237, 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/6890068a-6f79-4177-8645-172e4b13f111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).