---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to repealing outdated sections of state code"
description: "Relating to repealing outdated sections of state code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2958"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2958 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1850ea1-4fa6-4f10-8943-075724f1e990"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2958&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "32bc90e86f92f231fc27053059b1c9fd5ff06717a3e589d1c8bfaba864019dc6"
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# West Virginia HB 2958 (2021) — Relating to repealing outdated sections of state code

## 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=HB2958%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2958)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2958%20ORG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2958)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Originating in House Government Organization
- **2021-03-05** Do pass
- **2021-03-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 122) `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **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** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Passed Senate (Roll No. 316) `passage`
- **2021-04-05** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-05** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/10/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 59, 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/c1850ea1-4fa6-4f10-8943-075724f1e990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).