---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services"
description: "Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "West Virginia SB 577 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8a588d8-0612-43fa-9a12-6e5abe424a47"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=577&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "170188d224c104d81c01cb72196cb0e09b702a92a862340e92ea610b557ef3a8"
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 SB 577 (2021) — Exempting certain fire departments from licensure requirements for providing rapid response services

## 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=SB577%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=577)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB577%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=577)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 183) `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 183)
- **2021-03-24** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 465) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 466)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-13** To Governor 4/13/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/13/14 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-19** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/19/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 228, 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/b8a588d8-0612-43fa-9a12-6e5abe424a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).