---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to dental practice"
description: "Relating generally to dental practice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2962"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2962 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8fde209-6416-40df-80d1-4b05c790dd64"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2962&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fe0310e825a6763d7c193217bed381bab4ba70e1e629431a3aa6c99c6b47891d"
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 2962 (2021) — Relating generally to dental practice

## 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=HB2962%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2962)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2962%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2962)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2962%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2962)
4. **HB2962 HFA PACK 3-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2962 HFA PACK 3-24 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2962 HFAT PACK 3-29 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2962 HFAT PACK 3-29 adopted.htm)
6. **HB2962 SFA _1 STOLLINGS 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2962 SFA _1 STOLLINGS 4-8 adopted.htm)
7. **HB2962 SFA _1 Takubo 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2962 SFA _1 Takubo 4-8 adopted.htm)
8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2962%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2962)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)
- Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-08** To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed House (Roll No. 312) `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-03-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass `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** Floor 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. 418) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 468)
- **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 4/28/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/28/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 206, 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/b8fde209-6416-40df-80d1-4b05c790dd64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).