---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects"
description: "Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 400"
citation: "West Virginia SB 400 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24a69d4a-36e0-4ac5-b8f2-b1e38c61c9a8"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=400&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "83e4cd0752a10db4a9f95f7e61becf50054e88e256865f984994761eba7c7d4c"
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 400 (2024) — Creating limited waiver from certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer services projects

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=400)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=400)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=400)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb400%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=400)
5. **sb400 h t_i sb400 habstract t_i am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb400%20h%20t_i%20sb400%20habstract%20t_i%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb400 sfa jeffries 1-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb400%20sfa%20jeffries%201-23%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-12** To Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-01-19** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 56) `passage`
- **2024-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 56)
- **2024-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-19** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-20** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House (Roll No. 228) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 229)
- **2024-02-20** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-22** House Message received
- **2024-02-22** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 205)
- **2024-02-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 205)
- **2024-02-22** Communicated to House
- **2024-02-22** Completed legislative action
- **2024-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** To Governor 2/24/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Approved by Governor 3/4/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/4/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 239, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24a69d4a-36e0-4ac5-b8f2-b1e38c61c9a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).